Immunizations...

[kellerac]

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The PT school that I'm attending at the end of the month wants documentation of all of the following immunizations:

PPD (2-Step)
Hepatitis B
MMR
Polio
DTP
Chicken Pox

I have documentation for:

PPD (2-Step)
MMR
DTP
Hepatitis B

That leaves Polio vaccine, and Chicken Pox vaccine.

I had chicken pox as a small child (maybe 4 or 5 years old) but I can't recall if I got a vaccine for it. I also don't know if I ever got a polio vaccine. I'm sure I did, but after calling my family physician and county health dept, nobody had records of me getting them. Is there a way I could just get them again? Medically, I'm not sure if that's feasible? But what do I do if I simply just don't have the documentation?

 

[ptstudent408]

The PT school that I'm attending at the end of the month wants documentation of all of the following immunizations:

PPD (2-Step)
Hepatitis B
MMR
Polio
DTP
Chicken Pox

I have documentation for:

PPD (2-Step)
MMR
DTP
Hepatitis B

That leaves Polio vaccine, and Chicken Pox vaccine.

I had chicken pox as a small child (maybe 4 or 5 years old) but I can't recall if I got a vaccine for it. I also don't know if I ever got a polio vaccine. I'm sure I did, but after calling my family physician and county health dept, nobody had records of me getting them. Is there a way I could just get them again? Medically, I'm not sure if that's feasible? But what do I do if I simply just don't have the documentation?

My school requires proof of chicken pox immunity by either documentation of two shots, or positive antibody titer. I wonder if your school would accept the antibody titer instead of documentation of the shot seeing as how you've already had the disease.

Don't know about polio, it wasn't a requirement for my school.

 

[Brandyyyy]

I agree with being able to get the titer if you don't want to get the chicken pox vaccine; it's a simple blood draw and takes about 2 weeks to come back. I'm pretty sure you can go into your doctor's and get another polio if there's no record. I know the Army gave me a few of my shots again since civilian clinics don't keep track of the lot number, and it didn't do any harm (that we know of now ha). If that was the only stopping me from starting PT school I'd go get them now and not stress about lost paperwork because it is what it is at that point.

 

[Dinked]

get a test for the immunity titer, simple blood test and takes 3-4 days for results