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1.Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
A patient with ischaemic heart disease who has anaphylaxis to eggs.

True

There are very few contraindications to influenza vaccination which is also licensed in children. Generally speaking, it should be targeted to those with chronic disease and not (as in case 10) to the 'worried well'.

2. Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
Chronic kidney disease stage four

False

3.Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
Diabetes (type 1)

False

4.

Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
Healthy individual with multiple absences from work due to recurrent 'flu'

True
There are very few contraindications to influenza vaccination which is also licensed in children. Generally speaking, it should be targeted to those with chronic disease and not (as in case 10) to the 'worried well'.

5.Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
Lung cancer with bony metastases on chemotherapy

False

6.Prevention of influenza—in which of the following patients is the routine administration of influenza vaccine inappropriate?
Severe neutropoenia due to myelodysplasia

False