Pneumococcal vaccinations for at-risk groups

This page provides instructions for scheduling the pneumococcal vaccinations of groups at risk for medical reasons. The vaccine is paid for by the treatment provider or the recipient.

Table: Vaccinations of groups at risk for medical reasons
TARGET GROUP
For whom?		 PCV10
Synflorix		 PCV13
Prevenar 13		 PPV23
Pneumovax

Children aged over 5, working-age adults and persons aged 65 or over who have chronic illnesses or risk factors for a serious disease:

  • a liquor fistula
  • a cochlear implant   
  • a chronic respiratory disease
  • a chronic heart disease (a clinically significant disease causing symptoms)          
  • diabetes
  • hepatic failure
  • spleen failure or splenectomy
  • HIV infection
  • other immunodeficiency disorder
    • lymphoma
    • multiple myeloma
    • nephrotic syndrome
    • inborn or acquired immunodeficiency (excluding agammaglobulinemia)
    • organ or tissue transplant 
    • patients receiving long-term systemic cortisone treatment or other immunosuppressive medication  
  • permanent institutional care
  • alcoholism

No

 

One dose if no previous conjugate vaccinations
or

if PPV23 administered earlier:
one dose at case-by-case discretion no earlier than one year after the PPV vaccine

 At the case-by-case discretion of the treating physician. one dose 12 months after the PCV dose

 

 

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