Student immunization required
By The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. | |
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"When one child is not immunized, it puts others at risk to catch these communicable diseases which are completely preventable by immunizing the children," said
Vaccines cause the body to produce antibodies, which in turn fight against diseases.
All children at public, private and home schools must submit an updated immunization record before attending school on
Immunization "just promotes the overall health with the whole community in
Parents who do not have their child's shot record updated shouldn't delay any longer, officials said.
"It's really important not to wait because it's a walk-in basis and people have to wait longer," McKinney said. "And it allows our staff to give a few more minutes to answer all those questions that families have."
In addition to submitting an updated shot record, each student who is entering a
For more information about health forms and requirements, contact your family doctor or the
Kindergarten
The following vaccinations must be completed before attending kindergarten:
Completed series of DTP/DTaP (tiphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis)
2-dose MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)Completed series of polio vaccine
2-dose varicella (chicken pox)
3-dose hepatitis B series
Seventh grade
Required:
An up-to-date tetanus vaccine is mandatory. Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) vaccine is required instead of the older tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine. Tdap should be administered to meet the seventh grade requirement, regardless of the interval since the last tetanus- or diphtheria-toxoid containing vaccine.
2-dose MMR and 3-dose hepatitis B series
Recommended:
HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine is available to 9-18 year old girls. This vaccine prevents infection by HPV that causes 70 percent of all cervical cancers. The HPV vaccine is a series of three doses given over a six month period.
Meningococcal vaccine protects against meningitis and is given at 11-12 years of age
Two doses of varicella (chicken pox) vaccine (previously only one dose was recommended)
Immunization list was pulled from BDH website http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chd/bay/SchoolShots.html
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