I'm begining Junior year of my BSN program and clinicals will begin right away.
I have had some confusion before about my health form, specifically the Hep B vaccine series. My school wants proof of vaccine AND "seriologic evidence of immunity/titer". I have no records that I could find of any Hep B vaccine so my current doctor's office and I decided to just start the series. The rep from my school was annoyed because she thought I should have just gotten the titer to see if I had immunity. She really gave me a hard time and finally we agreed that it was more likely I never had it. On 9/15/15 I had shot #1 exactly one month later I had shot #2 like Instructed, then I was supposed to get shot #3 "5 months" later BUT it's now 10 months later and I'm getting it on Friday. (Long story about my pcp leaving his practice, communication mishaps with his office staff about scheduling and me losing my Medicaid). Yes lots of excuses I know but this is where I'm at.
With all that being said, my question is this, does anyone know if the general requirement regarding the vaccine schedule is that it must be exactly 5 month later for the last shot or can it be any time after 5 months...or approximately 5 months? Is the important part that I show enough immunity by the time a get the "serological evidence of immunity" test a month after the final shot?
Im so stressed and will not be able to speak to the woman at my school until the semester begins. Thank you in advance.
Unfortunately the same exact thing happened to me. I hoped for the best with getting my titer after the 3rd vaccine and I was not immune and had to get the full series again. School was not happy, and were not very pleasant when I told them. Which is understandable. However, I was able to finish I just had to send them my status after each step and let them know when my appointments were.
ugh, at least you could still attend clinical and at least I'm not the only one.
Yes, that is what I figured. That was kind of were I was going with that, if an employer provides the necessary vaccines and they are free, it's easier to have compliance and harder to mess up. With students we are relying on insurance companies, Doctors offices and sometimes the state to accomplish the long list of necessary requirements.
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ugh, at least you could still attend clinical and at least I'm not the only one.