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Hi Sir, I am bit confused here, my son was vaccinated with pcv (right thigh) and penta (left thigh) on 6th week, while in 10th week he was injected with only penta (right thigh) is it safe to give penta in right thigh?
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Not a problem. But pcv shd hv taken at 10th week also.
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Dear Gunjan .The part of thigh where it is given is important and not right or left thigh for pentavalent injection or pcv.
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Not an issue. Yes but pcv needs to repeated along with it.
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