Immunisation state of children born before term in the Northern region.

Vaccination timeliness in preterm infants: An integrative review of the literature

“…Globally, policy advocates that preterm infants are vaccinated in accordance with their full‐term peers (The American Academy of Pediatrics, ; Australian Government, ; Salisbury & Ramsay, ). Nonetheless, despite well‐established vaccination programmes resulting in respectable uptake rates, some early enquiries have suggested that preterm infants are not being vaccinated in a timely manner (Vohr & Oh, ; Wariyar, Richmond, & Morrell, ). Given that preterm infants are particularly vulnerable to infection, the changes made to the vaccination schedule globally in response to the development of new vaccines and epidemiological data, and the recent surge in pertussis cases in infants which saw a 15% increase in the USA between the years of 2013 and 2014 (CDC, ), this is an issue worthy of further contemporary investigation.…”

“…Globally, policy advocates that preterm infants are vaccinated in accordance with their full-term peers (The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015; Australian Government, 2016;Salisbury & Ramsay, 2014). Nonetheless, despite well-established vaccination programmes resulting in respectable uptake rates, some early enquiries have suggested that preterm infants are not being vaccinated in a timely manner (Vohr & Oh, 1986;Wariyar, Richmond, & Morrell, 1989).…”