Choice's Medical Administrative Technology program is a two-year program specifically focused on the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant ((AMA) profession, considered by many to be an effective entrance into the health-care field.
DPT is given in the form of an inoculation (shot or injection) in three separate doses about two months apart, with a booster shot one year after the primary series of inoculations is completed.
A: In 1996, it was recommended that vaccine be switched from use of whole-cell pertussis (DTP) to acellular pertussis (DTaP). Whole cell DPT vaccine is a relatively crude vaccine that contains B. pertussis bacteria chemically and heat treated. Acellular DTaP contains less endotoxin and less bioactive pertussis toxin.