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. Your child should also have a Hib booster (in combination with MenC) between 12 and 13 months of age; boosters against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio from 3 years 4 months of age; and a further tetanus, diphtheria and polio booster between the ages of 12 and 18 years.
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.
Page updated: 09 May 2011