Question
My baby just turned six months old. Due to a previous cough, the second dose of the DPT vaccine and the third dose of the polio vaccine were not administered. Today, when I went to the hospital to get the shots, the doctor said that the baby needs to receive the hepatitis B vaccine first, as they have reached six months. Is this okay? Don’t vaccines need to be administered in sequence?
Answer
According to your description, the hepatitis B vaccine is recommended to be administered in the sequence of 0, 1, and 6 months after birth. Normally, it is possible to administer two vaccines simultaneously. If there is a need for an interval, it should be at least 10 days. Some vaccines in the plan are for a group of children, which means that one dose of vaccine might be for 5 or 10 children. Vaccines do not necessarily have to be administered in sequence, but they must be completed within a specified time frame. Therefore, for the child’s vaccine inoculation, parents must pay close attention as this is very important for the child.