IMOVAX POLIO INJECTION

INJECTION

**Posology and method of administration** **Posology** - From the age of 2 months, 3 successive doses of 0.5 mL of IMOVAX POLIO should be administered at intervals of one or two months, followed by a first booster 12 months after the last dose. - _For subsequent boosters, an injection is given every 5 years in children and adolescents and every 10 years in adults._ - In countries where a live Oral Poliomyelitis vaccine (trivalent, bivalent or monovalent OPV) is used in the routine immunisation programme, IMOVAX POLIO may be used in association (co-administration) or in sequential use with OPV, in accordance with WHO recommendations and in agreement with the national recommendations in effect. **Method of administration** Administration is performed preferably via the intramuscular (IM) route, or via the subcutaneous (SC) route. Intramuscular injection will be preferably performed in the antero-lateral side of the thigh in young children and in the deltoid muscle in children, adolescents and adults. For instructions on use, handling and disposal, see section Special precautions for disposal and other handling – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_.