Basics

U.S. Brand Names

• Afluria®
• Fluarix®
• FluLaval™
• FluMist®
• Fluvirin®
• Fluzone®

Medication Safety Issues

Sound-alike/look-alike issues:

• Fluarix® may be confused with Flarex®
• Influenza virus vaccine may be confused with tetanus toxoid and tuberculin products. Medication errors have occurred when tuberculin skin tests (PPD) have been inadvertently administered instead of tetanus toxoid products and influenza virus vaccine. These products are refrigerated and often stored in close proximity to each other.
• Influenza virus vaccine (human strain) may be confused with the avian strain (H5N1) of influenza virus vaccine

International issues:

• Hiberix is also a brand name forHaemophilus b conjugate vaccine in Slovenia

Generic Available

No

Pharmacologic Categories

• Vaccine, Inactivated (Viral)
• Vaccine, Live (Viral)

Related Terms

• Influenza Virus Vaccine (Purified Surface Antigen)
• Influenza Virus Vaccine (Split-Virus)
• Influenza Virus Vaccine (Trivalent, Live)
• Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV)
• Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (TIV)

Available Products

Image	Description
	Brand Name FluLaval™ Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 195150883
	Brand Name FluLaval™ Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 195150884
	Brand Name FluLaval® Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 195150885
	Brand Name Afluria® Labeler CSL Biotherapies Inc. Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 333320007
	Brand Name Afluria® Labeler CSL Biotherapies Inc. Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 333320008
	Brand Name Afluria® Labeler CSL Biotherapies Inc. Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 333320107
	Brand Name Afluria® Labeler CSL Biotherapies Inc. Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 333320108
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810005
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810006
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810007
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810008
	Brand Name Fluzone® Strength 22.5 mcg/0.25 mL Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810371
	Brand Name Fluzone® Strength 45 mcg/0.5 mL Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810372
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810373
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810374
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Aventis Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810376
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810378
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810380
	Brand Name Fluzone® Labeler Sanofi Pasteur Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 492810382
	Brand Name Fluarix™ Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 581600872
	Brand Name Fluarix® Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 581600873
	Brand Name Fluarix® Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 581600874
	Brand Name Fluarix® Labeler GlaxoSmithKline Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 581600875
	Brand Name FluMist™ Labeler Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Class Rx Dosage Form Solution Route intranasal NDC 660190100
	Brand Name FluMist® Labeler Medimmune Vaccines Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Solution Route intranasal NDC 660190102
	Brand Name FluMist® Labeler Medlmmune Vaccines Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Solution Route intranasal NDC 660190104
	Brand Name FluMist® Labeler Medimmune Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Solution Route intranasal NDC 660190105
	Brand Name FluMist® Labeler Medimmune Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Solution Route intranasal NDC 660190106
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Strength 45 mcg/0.5 mL Labeler PowderJect Vaccines Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, solution Route for injection NDC 665210105
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Strength 45 mcg/0.5 mL Labeler PowderJect Vaccines Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, solution Route for injection NDC 665210106
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Labeler PowderJect Vaccines Inc Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 665210107
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Labeler Chiron Corp Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 665210108
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Labeler Novartis Pharm Corp Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 665210109
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Labeler Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 665210110
	Brand Name Fluvirin® Labeler Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited Class Rx Dosage Form Injection, suspension Route for injection NDC 665210111

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