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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.
5 Designated vaccines
  For subsection 9B (2) of the Act, a vaccine mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 1 is a designated vaccine.
6 Circumstances in which designated vaccines may be provided
  For subsection 9B (5) of the Act, a designated vaccine may be provided in the circumstances mentioned for it in Schedule 1.
      7 Circumstances in which designated vaccines may be provided — particular vaccines
 (1A) For item 108A of Schedule 1, the following number of doses and booster doses of a designated vaccine mentioned in that item may be provided to a person who has congenital or acquired asplenia (e.g. splenectomy) or hyposplenia; a person who has complement deficiency or a person undergoing eculizumab treatment:
 (a) Primary doses according to