Birth Shot Records for school??????

TexasPediRN · Apr 5, 2006

You can probably ask your Doctor to draw titer levels to see if you still have the antibodies in your blood. Depending on the results, you may have to get the vaccines again.

atrice, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2006

Renie-

I also just got accepted for fall 06'. I called the high school i graduated from and they said they keep a copy of your transcript and that a majority of the time the shot record is attached to it....so i have to go to the school and see if (hopefully) they have a copy of it....my major dilemma is that a chicken pox shot or a record of illness is required. I had a major case of the ck. pox when i was about 18 months old but no proof....so i either have to get the shot or have an antibody titer done.... whichever is cheaper i will do. My husband is self-employed so i don't have any insurance. i also have to pay for a complete physical w/ bld. work among other costs and expenses before even entering the program... so call the high school you graduated from....hope this helps. Good luck!

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2006

Here's a suggestion - for the shots, you may want to check out a CVS Minute Clinic. I've gotten all of mine there except the adult varicella because they don't carry that vaccine in my area, though they may be able to get it. It might be cheaper to go to an NP instead of a regular MD. Also, they just might do school physicals. Pop in and ask the NP working there; the one I go to is very very nice and I would trust her with anything. It's nice to go somewhere and talk to someone who LISTENS. (I even found out she will be one of my instructors in the fall!)

I've had chicken pox (I was four and BOY do I remember it) but a titer just doesn't seem to be worth the trouble to me.

hawkeye02 · Apr 5, 2006

I am in the same boat, I can't find my immunizations records as well. I was born in Florida, grad high school in GA, went to the Army out of high school, I have any appointment to have my tiers drawn and going from there. My insurance will cover this, so not really worried. I was told that to have this done without insurance is @ $400, who has that kind of money laying around. I would try your local health dept. Maybe they can help or maybe contact the school and see if they have any suggestions.

Good Luck

adelajudith · Apr 5, 2006

Yeah... that's a pain. I'm still a high school student, but homeschooled. My mom transferred my shot records to a local pediatrics place a few years ago... We called them to have them transferred to my new doctor the other day, and they told me that they THREW THEM AWAY!! So, I don't know what I'm going to do... Probably will have to get the antibody test deally.

pshs_2000 · Apr 5, 2006

if you don't have health insurance, you can alway go to your local health department. explain to them what you need, ask about the costs, etc.

fortunately i found a immunization record at my parents house buried with report cards.

Fun2, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2006

I got a copy of my health record from the high school I graduated from back in 1991.

So, yes, it's always worth a call.

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2006

I am in the same boat, I can't find my immunizations records as well. I was born in Florida, grad high school in GA, went to the Army out of high school, I have any appointment to have my tiers drawn and going from there. My insurance will cover this, so not really worried. I was told that to have this done without insurance is @ $400, who has that kind of money laying around. I would try your local health dept. Maybe they can help or maybe contact the school and see if they have any suggestions.
Good Luck

Do you not have your military WHO traveler's immunization card (the little yellow thing with your shots on it)? I'm assuming you don't or you'd be using it.

Stdy2BaNurse · Apr 6, 2006

Folks we are all in the same boat Yes, definitely start where you graduated high school. Then move to the local board of health - or the surrounding tri-county area if you have to! I got my tetorifice for $3; will get my TB for $5; and the HEP A & B for $40 each (x3). My question to the RN about the varicella was the same. Had it as a kid, scars to prove it - but my old doc is long gone.....what's a girl to do? She pointed out that on my form it just says doctor-diagnosed disease, it doesn't require a doc's signature. She said to count back the years and put that date on the line. So there you go!

But! The CVS things is a GREAT idea for the physical. Never would have though of that one :) Thanks!!

Traci

prmenrs, RN · Apr 6, 2006

I got asked for one when I applied for a job in 2003. So, if you can get a hold of yours, don't lose it!

I had one of those yellow cards when I was a kid--every time we got transferred to Hawaii, we got a complete set, including Typhoid. And when we returned to the mainland, we got another set! We were the most vaccinated kids on the planet!

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Apr 6, 2006

I wonder what I should do. I had my only set of shots as an infant 8 weeks old? And only once. I ended up in the hospital the night of the shots. I was blue, not breathing. Turned into pneumonia and I almost died as an infant. My parents decided it was the shots. Who knows. So I never had shots again. For school my parents filled out objection papers so I never had shots again. I had chicken pox at age 22. But I saw the doc after the pox when I had a touch of pneumonia. He wrote in my records "I'm quite sure this is varicella pneumonia." No testing done. I have had tetorifice shots as an adult. They were booster shots. But what were they boosting (original once as an infant)?

I went to work for a hospital about 15 years ago and they did a titer. They said I had antibodies to "everything". That hospital is now out of business. No records available. My insurance doesn't cover titers or shots. Considered routine normal health maintenance, only covers sickness (not prevention).

So anyway, I guess I have to pay for a titer, or just get a full round of shots off the bat. I'm a bit leary of getting a full round of shots. Do they do that on adults? Start out like a child's schedule? I asked my internist and he said "beats me, I don't do kids shots...never had an adult like you who only had shots once as an infant."

Ideas? Anything I'm not thinking of? Thank you all.