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Immunization: You Call the Shots
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 Objectives
 About Hepatitis A Disease
 About Hepatitis A Vaccine
 Indications for Vaccination
 Combination Vaccine
 Use of Immune Globulin
 Contraindications and Precautions to Vaccination
 Use of the VIS, "HEPATITIS A VACCINE: What you need to know"
 Vaccine Storage and Handling
 Vaccine Administration
 Adverse Reactions Following Vaccination
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Adverse Reactions Following Vaccination
Photo of a local reaction with redness and swelling at the injection site.
Source: HealthSoft, Inc.

For both vaccine brands, the most commonly reported adverse reaction following vaccination is a local reaction at the site of injection. Injection site pain, erythema, or swelling is reported by 20% to 50% of recipients. These symptoms are generally mild and self-limited.

Local reaction.

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