DTaP/IPV/Hib
This section provides information on the DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine
The DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine is usually given to babies at two, three and four months of age.
A completed course of the vaccine protects against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (whooping cough), polio (with Inactivated Polio Vaccine) and Haemophilus influenzae type b.
Active ingredients:
purified high dose diphtheria toxoid; purified tetanus toxoid; five purified components of the Bordetella pertussis bacteria; three strains of inactivated polio virus and a purified component of Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria attached to a tetanus toxoid carrier protein.
Because babies can catch these serious diseases from birth it is important to protect them as soon as possible.
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