NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination) Practice Exam

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Who are recommended to receive the Flu vaccine?

Patients age >/= 6 months
Only adults
Only children under 7
Patients with asplenia

The correct answer is: Patients age >/= 6 months

The correct answer is A. Patients aged 6 months and older are recommended to receive the flu vaccine. This recommendation is based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which advise annual flu vaccination for all individuals aged 6 months and older, with rare exceptions. Vaccination helps protect not only the individual receiving the vaccine but also those around them by reducing the spread of the flu virus. Therefore, it is important for a wide range of individuals to get vaccinated to help prevent flu outbreaks each year. Options B, C, and D are not the recommended groups for the flu vaccine. Only recommending the flu vaccine for adults (B) excludes vulnerable populations such as children and older adults. Only recommending the vaccine for children under 7 (C) also excludes other age groups that are at risk of complications from the flu. Lastly, recommending the vaccine only for patients with asplenia (D) would miss a significant portion of the population who could benefit from vaccination.