Course: Vaccines
Modality: Online | Duration: 1 Hour
In this course, you will learn about the importance of getting vaccinated. You will also learn about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and the requirements associated with getting vaccinated.
Skills and Learning Objectives
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Describe the importance of getting vaccinated.
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Describe the safety and effectiveness of getting vaccines.
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Describe vaccine requirements and expectations.
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Describe available resources to help a client who gets a vaccine.
Language
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Key Terms
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Antibodies - Protective substances made by the body's immune system in response to antigens.
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Antigens - Substances inside or outside the body (including chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and pollen) that the immune system does not recognize and so produces antibodies to fight them off.
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Herd Immunity (also community immunity or herd protection) - Indirect protection against an infectious disease for people who are not immune because most of the population is immune (through vaccination or other means).
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Immunity - Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
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Immunization - A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. It is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
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Vaccination - The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
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Vaccine - A product that stimulates an immune response to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections but can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
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Vaccine efficacy - The percentage of reduction in disease occurrence in a vaccinated group compared to an unvaccinated group in carefully controlled trials.
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