Vaccination Schedule: Adults
Updated 20 October 2022 and Deviating from Official Recommendations.
Core Vaccinations
The following is the schedule recommended by Ásjárstjórn (AS) for regular adults in a Nordic environment:
Boosters
Year 20:
Rabies vaccine every 5 years
Subject to titres assessment confirming antibodies are below recommended levels.
Year 25:
Tetanus and poliomyelitis vaccine every 10 years
May only be available as TdaP-IPV (acellular) vaccine [Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and poliomyelitis]
Optional Vaccinations
The following immunisation schedule will be based on operational requirements, including personal circumstances as well as deployment in non-Nordic countries:
Original Series
Year 20:
TBE (Tick-Borne Encephalitis) vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0, Dose 2 at Month 3 and Dose 3 at Month 12Hepatitis A vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0 and Dose 2 at Month 6-12-36 (Depending on vaccine used)MMR (Measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0 and Dose 2 at Month 12
Boosters
Year 25 and onward:
TBE (Tick-Borne Encephalitis) vaccine every 5 years
Risk-Specific
The following immunisation schedule will be based on specific regions and risks of operation:
Typhoid vaccine
Yellow Fever vaccine
Cholera vaccine
Japanese Encephalitis vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0, Dose 2 at Month 1 and Dose 3 at Month 12Meningococcal Conjugate ACYW vaccine
Meningococcal B Conjugate vaccine
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide 23 vaccine
Pneumococcal Conjugate PCV13 vaccine
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) vaccine
Zoster vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0 and Dose 2 at Month 6
Boosters
Typhoid vaccine every 5 years
Cholera vaccine every 6 months
Japanese Encephalitis vaccine every 5 years
Meningococcal Conjugate ACYW vaccine every 5 years
Meningococcal B Conjugate vaccine every 5 years
Exceptional Circumstances
The following immunisation schedule will be based on circumstances where there is a high risk of exposure:
Anthrax vaccine
Dose 1 at Day 0, Dose 2 at Month 1 and Dose 3 at Month 6
Boosters
Anthrax vaccine every year