Cite this article as: Davis, T. Quick question: when do we immunise premature babies, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2015. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.7925
When babies are born prematurely, at what age do they get their immunisations?
Babies should receive their immunisations based on their actual age (not corrected age). So if a baby was born at 26/40 and is four months old today (i.e. it is four months since they were born), they should receive their four month immunisations today.
As a rule: weight and development are based on corrected age; birthdays and immunisations are based on actual age.
Author: Tessa DavisTessa Davis is a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
Quick question: when do we immunise premature babies
Davis, T. Quick question: when do we immunise premature babies, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2015. Available at:
http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.7925
Babies should receive their immunisations based on their actual age (not corrected age). So if a baby was born at 26/40 and is four months old today (i.e. it is four months since they were born), they should receive their four month immunisations today.
As a rule: weight and development are based on corrected age; birthdays and immunisations are based on actual age.
See the immunisation schedule here.
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