Date printed: 12/12/2018
BCG Vaccine
Details for BCG vaccine and its components.
Sponsor:
Sanofi-Aventis Australia
Administration route:
Intradermal
Vaccine group:
BCG vaccines
BCG (bacille Calmette–Guérin) live vaccine.
1.5 mg lyophilised powder in a multidose vial with separate diluent.
Reconstituted vaccine contains:
- 8–32 x 106 colony forming units per mL of an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis
- 1.5% w/v monosodium glutamate
May contain traces of polysorbate 80.
Reconstituted volume provides about 10 adult or 20 infant doses.
No product information for BCG vaccine is available.
Audience:
Infants and children
Page history
Last updated:
4 June 2018
Last reviewed:
4 June 2018
Definitions
- BCG
- bacille Calmette-Guérin
This document was printed on: 14/12/2018. Printed content may be out of date. For up to date information, always refer to the digital version: https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/vaccines/bcg-vaccine.