Pentaxim Caution For Usage

The following information is intended for healthcare professionals only: For syringes without a needle attached, the needle should be fitted firmly onto the syringe by rotating it a quarter turn.
Reconstitute the vaccine by injecting the suspension of the combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and poliomyelitis vaccine into the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine powder vial.
Shake until the powder is completely dissolved. The cloudy whitish appearance of the suspension after reconstitution is normal.
The vaccine should be administered immediately after reconstitution.
Administer intramuscularly (IM).
Administration will preferably take place in the anterolateral aspect of the thigh (middle third) in infants and in the deltoid region in children.
This vaccine must never be administered into a blood vessel (intravascular route).