Table. Minimum acceptable age for the 1st dose of scheduled vaccines in infants
See Catch-up guidelines for individual vaccines for children <10 years of age for important details.
Vaccine |
Minimum age for 1st dose |
Action if a vaccine dose is inadvertently given before the recommended minimum age3 |
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DTPa |
6 weeks |
|
Hepatitis A (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in NT, Qld, SA and WA only) |
12 months |
|
Hepatitis B |
6 weeks (this does not include the birth dose, which should be given at <7 days of age) |
|
Hib |
6 weeks |
|
Meningococcal (MenACWY and MenB vaccines) |
6 weeks |
|
MMR |
12 months |
|
Pneumococcal (13vPCV) |
6 weeks |
|
Poliovirus (IPV) |
6 weeks |
|
Rotavirus |
6 weeks |
|
Varicella |
12 months |
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