Words of Wisdom from Nurse Connie
Changes in Texas Immunization Requirements
August 23, 2008
SWINE FLU INFORMATION - The following link has information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about Swine Flu: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm
For more information about the swine flu or any health issues, please contact Nurse Connie at 634-6127.
There are immunization requirement changes beginning August 1, 2009 for students as follows:
Hepatitis A Vaccine: Beginning August 1, 2009, all students entering kindergarten, statewide, will be required to have 2 doses of Hepatitis A vaccine.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine: Beginning August 1, 2009, all students entering kindergarten will be required to have two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Varicella Vaccine: Beginning August 1, 2009, all students entering kindergarten and 7th grade will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine. A written statement from a parent (or legal guardian or managing conservator), school nurse, or physician attesting to the child's positive hisory of varicella disease (chicken pox), or varicella immunity, is acceptable in lieu of either dose of varicella vaccine.
Tetanus, Diptheria and acellular pertussis-containing vaccine (Tdap): Beginning August 1, 2009, all students entering the seventh grade will be required to have one dose of Tdap vaccine. Students in the seventh grade will be required to have a booster dose of Tdap only if it has been five years since their last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine. Students in grades 8-12 are required to have a booster dose of Tdap if it has been ten years since their previous dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine. Td is acceptable in lieu of Tdap if a contraindication to pertussis exists.
Meningococcal Vaccine: Beginning August 1, 2009, all students entering 7th grade will be required to have one dose of meningococcal vaccine.
The Department of State Health Services will be in the nurse’s office at Center Point ISD for an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday, may 26th beginning at 8:30am.
Please contact Connie Engel, RN, at 634-6127 with questions.
