Vaccine Scheduler
Tuberculosis: Recommended vaccinations
| General recommendation | |
| Recommendation for specific groups only | |
| Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed) | |
| Vaccination not funded by the National Health system | |
| Mandatory vaccination |
| Birth | Weeks | Months | Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||||
| Austria | ||||||||||
| Belgium | ||||||||||
| Bulgaria | BCG1 | BCG2 | BCG2 | |||||||
| Croatia | BCG3 | |||||||||
| Cyprus | BCG4 | |||||||||
| Czechia | BCG5 | |||||||||
| Denmark | ||||||||||
| Estonia | BCG6 | |||||||||
| Finland | BCG7 | |||||||||
| France | BCG8 | |||||||||
| Germany | ||||||||||
| Greece | BCG9 | |||||||||
| Hungary | BCG | |||||||||
| Iceland | ||||||||||
| Ireland | ||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||
| Latvia | BCG10 | |||||||||
| Liechtenstein | BCG11 | |||||||||
| Lithuania | BCG | |||||||||
| Luxembourg | BCG4 | |||||||||
| Malta | BCG12 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | BCG13 | |||||||||
| Norway | BCG14 | |||||||||
| Poland | BCG15 | |||||||||
| Portugal | BCG16 | |||||||||
| Romania | BCG17 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | BCG18 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | BCG19 | |||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||
| Sweden | BCG20 | |||||||||
Footnotes:
- Administration after 48 hours from birth.
- Only after negative Montoux test
- Vaccination administered preferably at the time of delivery in the hospital. Otherwise it should be given before 1 year of age.
- vaccines only given on specific indications
- Administered from 4th day until 6 weeks after birth. Given only to babies in at-risk groups.
- Administration in the 1-5 days after birth
- For specific at risk-groups only (to be given at the earliest age) Vaccine can be given up til 7 years of age.
- Only recommended for children at high-risk of tuberculosis. Please refer to original document for detailled information on risk-groups.
- Vaccination is also recommended for infants and children up to the age of 5 years who belong to an increased risk groups and who have not been previously vaccinated
- From 12 hours of life. If the vaccine is given at the age of two months, a tuberculin test is performed prior to vaccination
- for newborns and infants under 12 months, if their parents are from countries with high TB prevalence
- Free of charge only for children in defined at-risk groups.
- Only given on specific indications. More information available at: https://www.rivm.nl/cpt/richtlijnen-preventie/bcg-vaccinatie
- Specific at-risk groups only
- Administration within 24 hours after birth
- Recommended to children under 6 years of age (up to 5 years and 364 days) belonging to risk groups. More information available at: https://www.dgs.pt/ficheiros-de-upload-2013/40-tuberculose-pdf.aspx
- Administration during the 2-7 days after delivery
- Free of charge for contacts of a confirmed case.
- Newborn infants of immigrant families who moved to Slovenia from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis in the last 5 years
- BCG vaccination is recommended for children up to 6 years of age who are at increased risk of being infected with TB according to the following criteria: (1) family origin from a country with increased or high TB incidence, (2) current TB in a close relative or household contact (3) for planned longer (more than three months) stay in a country or area with high TB prevalence, if the child comes into close contact with the local population. For more information, please visit: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/vaccinationer/vacciner-a-o/tuberkulos-tb/ and https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/r/rekommendationer-for-preventiva-insatser-mot-tuberkulos-halsokontroll-smittsparning-och-vaccination/