Immunization Records Question

[abifae]

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[Bethanial]

For the TDap, check out your local health department. I had to have proof of it in the last 10 yrs (meaning I had to go get stuck) when I registered for school. B/c this is a "new" version of the shot - it includes the diptheria vaccine, too, something us adults haven't had since we were like 6, all the health depts (here in GA at least) are giving it for free if you're between the ages of 10 and 65. And yes, my arm hurt for a week straight!

And I think Tortoise might mean that if your vaccination reactions are documented, you might be exempt from getting more.

 

[abifae]

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[ORChick]

For the TDap, check out your local health department. I had to have proof of it in the last 10 yrs (meaning I had to go get stuck) when I registered for school. B/c this is a "new" version of the shot - it includes the diptheria vaccine, too, something us adults haven't had since we were like 6, all the health depts (here in GA at least) are giving it for free if you're between the ages of 10 and 65. And yes, my arm hurt for a week straight!

And I think Tortoise might mean that if your vaccination reactions are documented, you might be exempt from getting more.

Beth, not sure how it is in other states, but in California, at least when I was working there, the standard *tetanus* shot for anyone over Kindergarten age was the DT, which is Diptheria Tetanus. It was standard at least from 1979 to 1998 when I retired. We did have tetanus vaccine on its own on hand, but I can't remember ever using it, it was always the DT.
Abi, you are on the right track; take your record with you, and find out what they require. Easiest way ... and good luck.

 

[Denim Deb]

I know I had to find my vaccination record when I went back to school in my 30s. I called the high school I graduated from. They had a copy, so they made me one which is what I used.

 

[~gd]

For the TDap, check out your local health department. I had to have proof of it in the last 10 yrs (meaning I had to go get stuck) when I registered for school. B/c this is a "new" version of the shot - it includes the diptheria vaccine, too, something us adults haven't had since we were like 6, all the health depts (here in GA at least) are giving it for free if you're between the ages of 10 and 65. And yes, my arm hurt for a week straight!

And I think Tortoise might mean that if your vaccination reactions are documented, you might be exempt from getting more.

Beth, not sure how it is in other states, but in California, at least when I was working there, the standard *tetanus* shot for anyone over Kindergarten age was the DT, which is Diptheria Tetanus. It was standard at least from 1979 to 1998 when I retired. We did have tetanus vaccine on its own on hand, but I can't remember ever using it, it was always the DT.
Abi, you are on the right track; take your record with you, and find out what they require. Easiest way ... and good luck.

Yes DT is pretty much standard for normal people. I was hyper-immune to Diptheria toxin because I used it every day on my Job (vaccine production) the company I worked for would stockpile just plain Tetanus for me and a few other workers that had the same reaction for the same reason. A DT shot would send me into shock to the point that I would quit breathing. For you that had bad reactions (sore arm) from vaccines years ago, today's vaccines go through much better purification processes and are less likely to cause problems since most of the bad reactions were due to impureties. The DTPa is a classic, the P part used to be just killed Pertussive bacteria. Pa (a stands for acellular) contains just the parts of the bacteria cell that cause the immune response with all the rest of the bacteria junk discarded.

 

[abifae]

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[Bethanial]

Oops! Pertussis is what I was meaning as to why they're offering it free - nasty ol' whooping cough. I realized that about 2am, and didn't want to get up and edit my post

edit - but it IS a Ttetanus, diptheria and pertussis all is one vaccine

 

[Mattemma]

The CDC will have the current recommendations. Some will be required by your work,and some you can sign a waiver for if you do not want to get it.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/adult/2010/adult-schedule.pdf

Get the lot numbers of each vaccine you get,so if there are ever any health issues following a vaccination you will have that if you need to file with NVICP.

 

[raiquee]

Abi) Start on it as soon as you can too. School likes to wait until the last minute to tell you things you need, and I was SCRAMBLING to get in to get ANOTHER tb skin test and read right before I went out for clinicals! Not something I wanted to do when I was doing finals.

Also, make a copy of vaccine info as soon as you get it, and put that copy somewhere SAFE. Take it from someone who lost their entire health packet of vaccinations and had to locate them ALL over.