I was wondering how other schools handle Admission Physicals? Is it a requirement before you're accepted or do you wait until you're accepted into a Program?
We took our entrance exam a few weeks ago and the school was supposed to let us know by last week (at the latest) if we're still in the running for their Fall Program so we could schedule a physical and start the Hep. B series. They recommended we submit our physical exam forms to them at least a week prior to the April 16th deadline in case they had any questions/problems, etc. with our forms.
I didn't receive anything from them last week - called them and supposedly they are short staffed and weren't able to send out the test results - but the April 16th deadline for physical exam forms still stand. I quickly called my doc. and had a "Major" physical last Friday. I received the first of the Hep. B Series of Vacc. and tetorifice titer Friday, had tons of immunizations in the Military so that helped out, but my Pediatric Doc. is long gone and I had no record of the immunizations I received for childhood diseases when I was a kid. My Doc. ended up taking quite a few tubes of blood to show proof to the school I've received those vaccines.
My insurance co. doesn't consider the "extra blood-work" part of a normal physical, so I'm guessing they won't cover it and I'm afraid I'm going to have to pay quite a bit out of pocket for those extra tests. To me at least - it seems that requiring someone to have a complete physical and start the Hep. B series, etc. would only come after you've been actually admitted into the program - because especially for those without health insurance - it's a very expensive thing.
My school still hasn't sent anything out about our exam results - so I'm guessing all those I took the exam with are having their physicals, starting the Hep. B series, etc. - all without knowing if we have any chance of getting in. On a few posts I've seen - some people don't have to do this until they receive a letter of acceptance. Just wondering how other schools do this. Thanks, SusanNC
Call the city/county public health office in your area. They almost always give free or reduced price vaccinations as a part of their health initiatives. I get mine done there and they are much cheaper since my ins co won't cover the extra costs of Hep B vacc, 6 mo TB testing and so on.
Did anyone here not have a record of their immunizations? If so, what did you do?
My school allowed us to put something like "received all childhood immunizations" on the form.
The logic is that proof of immunization is required for attendance at public & non-public schools, so you/your parents must have been able to demonstrate that you had had the standard immunizations in order for you to attend and graduate from high school. Plus, the lab work required for my school's physical included titers for all of those anyway, so it's almost irrelevant whether or not you have some piece of paper stating that you received the immunization 100 years ago. :chuckle I showed insufficient measles immunity, so I had to get another MMR shot, at my cost. Subsequent titers to demonstrate immunity were done at the hospital lab at no charge to me.
I'm going through a heck of a time right now to complete my physicals.
First, they didn't even sent us the paperwork until a month ago--deadline is may 3rd, or you are out of the program :angryfire ---what about the ones who have no insurance???
I had no shot record, so I have to have titers done. But we need titers even if we have our records. Titers for Rubella and Chicken pox, I got a MMR, PPD skin test, Hep B, TD booster, a basic physical, and I even needed a DENTAL physical ! They did not tell us all this when we applied, because the cost is enormous for the ppl. w/o insurance.
But basically---titers show your immunity to a disease. I need to get another titer after my last Hep.B shot.
I have to do all this done soon--not to mention my finals are beginning may 3rd. It's nice to see how much they considered our busy schedule... :rotfl:
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The logic is that proof of immunization is required for attendance at public & non-public schools, so you/your parents must have been able to demonstrate that you had had the standard immunizations in order for you to attend and graduate from high school.
Actually, that's not true. Most states offer vaccination exemptions. My kids are not vaccinated and they attend public school.
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Did anyone here not have a record of their immunizations? If so, what did you do?