Deliver a professional whooping cough protection, including in pregnancy service through Scripter's structured consultation pathway. Supply: Pertussis-containing combination vaccines (Repevax, Boostrix-IPV).

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Illustration: Whooping cough protection, including in pregnancy

What is Pertussis-containing (Repevax, Boostrix-IPV)?

Repevax and Boostrix-IPV combine pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus and polio boosters in one injection. Beyond boosters for travel or exposure, their headline use is vaccination in pregnancy, passing antibodies to the baby for its unprotected first weeks.

The condition it treats

Whooping cough is a prolonged, exhausting cough illness that is dangerous chiefly to young infants before their own vaccinations. Maternal vaccination from mid-pregnancy is the proven strategy for bridging that gap.

How the service runs on Scripter

Patients book online, complete the pre-consultation questionnaire, and the guided pathway walks the practitioner through the whooping cough protection, including in pregnancy consultation with the screening and counselling steps built in. The supply decision, the record and any GP notification are produced in the same flow, documented against the exact protocol version in force.

Training and eligibility requirements.

Who can deliver this service, and who it can be delivered to. The governing PGD document defines the definitive inclusion, exclusion and supply criteria; the Scripter consultation pathway enforces them, and every consultation is documented against the protocol version it ran under.

Practitioner training

✓Registered healthcare professional from a profession authorised to supply under PGDs (Schedule 16, Part 4 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012), such as a pharmacist, nurse, paramedic or physiotherapist, with current registration with their professional regulator

✓Practising from premises suitable for the service, such as registered pharmacy premises or a registered clinic

✓Assessed clinical competency for this service, declared and reviewed as part of PGD authorisation

✓Sign-off against the current version of this PGD in Scripter before first supply; sign-offs expire automatically when the protocol is updated, and the platform notifies everyone affected

✓In-date basic life support and safeguarding training

✓Indemnity arrangements covering the service

✓Face-to-face injection technique training for the relevant route

✓In-date anaphylaxis recognition and management training, with adrenaline available on site

✓Vaccine storage and cold-chain procedures in place where the service supplies vaccines

Patient eligibility

✓Pregnant women within the recommended gestational window, and others meeting the governing PGD's booster criteria

✓Vaccination history reviewed to place the booster correctly

✓Standard vaccine screening completed

✓Timing counselled to maximise antibody transfer before birth

Pertussis-containing (Repevax, Boostrix-IPV) PGD questions

Why vaccinate during pregnancy rather than vaccinate the baby?+

Newborns cannot complete their own course for months; maternal antibodies crossing the placenta protect exactly the window when whooping cough is most lethal.

When in pregnancy is best?+

From mid-pregnancy per current national guidance, with enough time before delivery for antibody transfer; the consultation dates it against the due date.

Is it safe for the baby?+

Maternal pertussis vaccination has a strong safety record across millions of pregnancies and is national policy; the counselling step covers the evidence plainly.

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