4Definitions

4 Definitions

µg means microgram.

Act means the National Health Act 1953.

CCID50 means cell culture infectious dose 50%, being the quantity of an infectious agent that when inoculated onto a number of susceptible cell cultures will infect 50% of the individual cultures.

FHA means filamentous haemagglutinin.

FIM 2+3 means fimbrial agglutinogens 2+3.

IU means International Unit.

member of a medical risk group means a person mentioned in any of the following paragraphs:

(a) a person who has congenital immune deficiency (including symptomatic IgG subclass or isolated IgA deficiency) other than a person who requires monthly immunoglobulin infusion;

(b) a person who has sufficient immune reconstitution for a vaccine response to be expected and is receiving a course of:

(i) immunosuppressive therapy, including corticosteroid therapy equivalent to greater than 2mg/kg per day of prednisone for more than 2 weeks; or

(ii) radiation therapy;

(c) a person who has compromised splenic function because of:

(i) sickle haemoglobinopathies; or

(ii) congenital or acquired functional or anatomical asplenia;

(d) a person who has an HIV infection, either before or after the development of AIDS;

(e) a person who has:

(i) renal failure; or

(ii) relapsing or persistent nephrotic syndrome;

(f) a person who has Down’s syndrome;

(g) a person who has heart disease associated with cyanosis or cardiac failure;

(h) a person who was a premature infant and who has, or has had, chronic lung disease;

(i) a person who was born at less than 28 weeks gestation;

(j) a person who has cystic fibrosis;

(k) a person who has insulin‑dependent diabetes mellitus;

(l) a person who has proven or presumptive cerebrospinal fluid leak;

(m) a person who has an intracranial shunt;

(n) a person who has a cochlear implant.

PFU means plaque forming units.

PRN means pertactin.

PT means pertussis toxoid.

TCID50 means tissue culture infectious dose 50%, being the quantity of an infectious agent that when inoculated onto a number of susceptible tissue cultures will infect 50% of the individual cultures.