![]() When Bexsero is administered at the same visit as other Immunisation Schedule vaccines, a fever over 38☌ is almost twice as likely as when the Immunisation Schedule vaccines are given alone.A fever over 38☌ is more likely to occur in infants and children aged under 2 years after immunisation with Bexsero compared with other routinely used infant vaccines.Fever can occur in some infants as part of their normal response to Bexsero, usually peaking around 6 hours after immunisation and settling over 24–48 hours. The recommendation around the use of paracetamol for Bexsero, the meningococcal group B vaccine offered to all infants on the National Immunisation Schedule, is different. Paracetamol is recommended to prevent and treat fever after Bexsero for children under 2 years. This is because a high fever or injection site pain are not very common responses. We do not recommend routinely giving paracetamol before immunisation with childhood vaccines just in case a child gets a fever or has injection site pain. Routine use of paracetamol around immunisation ![]()
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