HEP B vaccination Potential issues with matriculation date

[rx001]

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I am not immunized for Hep B and Matriculating in August. Plan to start the process next week. Most schools need Hep B vaccination as a matriculation requirement.

Per HEP B 3 doses schedule dose 1 --> 30days --> dose 2 --> 5 months --> dose 3 --> 5 weeks --> titer test. It will take approximately 6.5 months.

In case titer test comes back negative, we have to repeat the full cycle. It can take another 6 to 7 months.

Am I analyzing it right or missing anything. If I have to repeat the cycle will I miss my matriculation date. I am sure there could be many people who would be or would have faced the same issue. Let me know

 

[rx001]

just checked in with the school in question. the Nurse from the health clinic confirmed that HEP B is not compulsory. I guess it is needed in due course of time. But compulsory one is MMR requirement.

 

[Tenk]

They won’t rescind an admission if you’re actively getting immunized. Chill.

 

[TheDataKing]

They won’t rescind an admission if you’re actively getting immunized. Chill.

additionally, you can get CpG-adjuvanted recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (HepB-CpG) (Heplisav-B) which is a 2 dose series administered 1 month apart if you're worried about timing.

 

[Moko]

Schools are not actively looking for reasons to rescind acceptances.

Enjoy this last stretch of freedom and free time that you'll have for a while.

 

[deleted1001426]

I opened this really hoping for a good, comical read from an anti-vaxer and you’ve let me down.. but yeah like everyone else said, you’re good

 

[rx001]

thank you all. WIll start on hep b vaccination right away

 

[Hi_I'mPaul]

Fun fact, I just got my titers and am finally immune to Hep B lol. Just stay on schedule with the doses and you'll be fine.

If it comes back negative again, your school will make you take extra precautions when interacting with patients [that's what I was told when I asked]. But, don't worry about that until you have to!

 

[JoaoMoutinho]

Everyone has already answered this, but I twice had the first two doses of the three and then moved before I was able to get the third at 6 mos, but they took a titer when j started school, I had it, and that was sufficient for them lol. You will be fine.

 

[deleted962973]

Also, check your MMR titers assuming your school isn't already making you. I feel like 10% of my class wasn't immune to measles. I don't go to school in an endemic area but lacking measles antibody could be really bad if you were in NY or CA.

 

[rx001]

Back from the doctors office. PCP said that I should have been vaccinated when I was young and only need to run the titer for HEP B. Is that true. I dont have records of my previous vaccinations.

 

[LizzyM]

Back from the doctors office. PCP said that I should have been vaccinated when I was young and only need to run the titer for HEP B. Is that true. I dont have records of my previous vaccinations.

Most likely true. Kids born in 1992-94 were being vaccinated for Hep B in the first weeks of life... for kids born earlier there was a "catch up" vaccination program. I would expect that most of you were vaccinated for Hep B as babies.