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Components of

DTaP+HepB+IVP Vaccine

 
Vaccine
Pediarix
Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
Viability Inactivated
Indicated Ages 6 weeks - 6 years (before 7th birthday)
Dose 0.5 mL
Schedule 3 dose series at 2, 4, and 6 mos
Route Intramuscular
Appearance Homogeneous, turbid, white suspension
Concentration • Diphtheria Toxoid, 25 Lf
• Tetanus Toxoid, 10 Lf
• Pertussis Toxin inactivated, 25 mcg
• Filamentous hemagglutinin, 25 mcg
• Pertactin, 8 mcg
• HBsAG, 10 mcg
• Type 1 Poliovirus, 40 DU
• Type 2 Poliovirus, 8 DU
• Type 3 Poliovirus, 32 DU
Preservative None
Adjuvant Aluminum, ≤85 mcg
Excipients • Calf Serum Albumin, amount not specified
• Aluminum, ≤0.85 mcg
• Bovine Casein, amount not specified
• Bovine Extract, amount not specified
• Formaldehyde, ≤100 mcg
• Glutaraldehyde, amount not specified
• Lactalbumin Hydrolysate, amount not specified
• Neomycin, ≤0.05 ng
• Polymyxin B, ≤0.01 ng
• Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80), ≤100 mcg
• Sodium Chloride, 4.5 mg
• Vero Cells, amount not specified
• Yeast, ≤5%
Allergens None
Media Bordetella pertussis
• Modified Stainer-Scholte medium
• Modified by Casamino Acids and Dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin

Corynebacterium diphtheria
• Fenton medium containing a bovine extract
• Detoxified using formalin
• Concentrated by ultrafiltration
• Purified by precipitation, dialysis, and sterile filtration

Clostridium tetani
• Modified Latham medium derived from bovine casein
• Detoxified using formalin
• Concentrated by ultrafiltration
• Purified by precipitation, dialysis, and sterile filtration

Poliovirus Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3
• Each grown in VERO cells

Hepatitis B survace antigen
• Expressed in S cerevisiae cells
• Purified by several physiochemical steps, which include precipitation, ion exchange chromatography, and ultrafiltration
Diluent None
Packaging • Single-dose prefilled TIP-Lok syringes (without needles)
• 10-packs of syringes
Storage • 2 to 8° C (36-46° F)
• Do Not Freeze
PI date 11/2019
  table last updated 1/22/2021  
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