info about vaccination

[anaorti]

Hi,

About the vaccines we must have, are they the ones listed in this webpage?: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1331.html

Also, if you dont have some of the vaccines should you get them in advance or the doctor can put them to you on the day of the medical exam?

Thanks.

 

[LucyMO]

the vaccines needed depend on your age. Some of them will not be required. If they are required, it's sometimes cheaper to get it at your doctor's in advance.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/pdf/Tbl1.pdf

 

[canadaturk]

For the MMP vaccine, what if you have already had mumps and measles as a child? Do you still have to get the vaccine?

 

[asd22]

I think there is new list now:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/pdf/ti_vacc.pdf

look at:
page 12 table 1

 

[Igmu]

For the MMP vaccine, what if you have already had mumps and measles as a child? Do you still have to get the vaccine?

Then you need an antibody test for mumps and measles to prove that you had those illnesses. It might be easier (and cheaper) to just get the MMP vaccine instead of two antibody tests and one vaccine.

 

[LucyMO]

I brought a note from the doctor that I had the illnesses (I had all of them). It was sufficient.

I also had titers done when I was hired to work at a hospital, but the civil surgeon didn't ask to look at them.

and the vaccine is MMR (mumps-measles-rubella), not MMP.

 

[Igmu]

It depends on the doctor whether it is accepted to just bring a letter from another doctor: some accept it, others require an antibody test, and I've also heard about doctors who didn't even accept antibody tests.