Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) or bar vaccination (synonym:incubation vaccination) is a vaccination measure that is initiated after an outbreak of disease. The aim of this vaccination is to prevent further spread of the pathogen by inducing faster antibody production in contact persons. Thus, these vaccinations are given when there is contact in the family or a community with the vaccine-preventable diseases. These include:
- Diphtheria
- TBE (early summer meningoencephalitis)
- HiB (Haemophilus influenzae type b)
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Measles
- Meningococcal
- Mumps
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Poliomyelitis (polio)
- Rabies
- Tetanus (tetanus)
- Varicella (chickenpox)
