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Immunizations

Incoming students are encouraged to have their vaccination status reviewed and updated by a medical provider. Documented immunizations should be kept with students' important personal papers and readily available when seeking medical care. Student health services retains immunization data for "10 years following end of calendar year in which the form was signed." All other treatment notes are kept for seven years from the last recorded visit. Documents that have expired are properly destroyed.

Texas' Infectious Disease Control Unit provides information about disease causing microscopic pathogens. 

The following links are to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s web information.

Vaccine Recommendations*
Meningococcal
  • Required for all new and transfer students residing in on-campus housing or dormitories
  • Click here for the location and cost of vaccination
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap)
  • Students lacking documentation
  • Booster every 10 years
  • Part of wound management

Influenza (Flu Shot) (Nasal Spray)
  • Annually, especially for caregivers, dormitory residents and students with chronic medical conditions
Hepatitis B
  • Students whose work or lifestyle exposes them to blood or body fluids
  • Hepatitis B series was included in the childhood immunization schedule as of 1991
Varicella (Chickenpox)
  • Strongly recommended for those students lacking documentation or evidence of disease
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
  • All students born after 1956 without evidence of disease or immunity
Polio (poliomyelitis)
  • Unvaccinated students
  • Most students received routine vaccination in childhood
  • Booster may be needed if traveling outside the United States
Rabies
  • Animal Science Students
Tuberculin Skin Test (TB)
  • International students need a PPD skin test or chest x-ray within the last six months to a year to screen for tuberculosis infection
  • Students in academic programs with increased risk of TB exposure
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Non pregnant students younger than 27 years old
  • Routine cervical screening should continue

Except for polio, rabies and tuberculin skin test, the above information was based on the October 2006 to September 2007 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule as approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, et al. Individuals entering animal sciences or health care need to contact their program director about additional immunizations and/or boosters that may be required. Students with a chronic medical condition, older than 49 years of age or Native American should check with their health care provider for vaccine recommendations regarding their status.

For more information, you may contact student health services at (432) 837-8102, the Pearce Clinic at (432) 837-3433 or the Texas Department of State Health Services at (432) 837-3877 or 5571.

* For students less than 19 years of age refer to the CDC-NIP's Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule.
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