Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
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Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
Just discovered (yes I know I should have read about this beforehand) that the kids will need Hepatitus B jabs before they start school in CA. Dept of Ed says 3 innoculations, but does anyone know if they need to have ALL 3 before they can start school. Anyone got their own experiences of this? If so, no way will they be starting school before Xmas ......... preparation is the key as they tell me
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
Just discovered (yes I know I should have read about this beforehand) that the kids will need Hepatitus B jabs before they start school in CA. Dept of Ed says 3 innoculations, but does anyone know if they need to have ALL 3 before they can start school. Anyone got their own experiences of this? If so, no way will they be starting school before Xmas ......... preparation is the key as they tell me
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
aye, really depends on the school as to how strict they are, but it's usually a state requirement to have them...if you had the chance of getting it done in the UK, that would help keep the costs down
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
That was the same for my youngest too We had to have an appointment already made for the second and gave the date to the school nurse so she knew the time frame.
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
Just discovered (yes I know I should have read about this beforehand) that the kids will need Hepatitus B jabs before they start school in CA. Dept of Ed says 3 innoculations, but does anyone know if they need to have ALL 3 before they can start school. Anyone got their own experiences of this? If so, no way will they be starting school before Xmas ......... preparation is the key as they tell me
Get as much as possible done in the UK before you go.
We were not charged for it even though, theoretically they could have because it is not a required vaccination in the UK.
Also bring all your vax records with you in case you'll ever want to file for AOS.
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
Just discovered (yes I know I should have read about this beforehand) that the kids will need Hepatitus B jabs before they start school in CA. Dept of Ed says 3 innoculations, but does anyone know if they need to have ALL 3 before they can start school. Anyone got their own experiences of this? If so, no way will they be starting school before Xmas ......... preparation is the key as they tell me
Elvira is right about bringing records - my boys school wanted the exact dates.
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
My little lad has had the first two doses both carried out since Feb of this year. He got the second one in March and has to wait six months before he can have the third. I had to register him for Kindergarten two days after the second dose was given back in March. The school nurse asked me why he had not had the third but I simply explained that he has to wait six months before he can have the third which will mean September and school starts in August. She told me just to bring a copy of the sheet to her when he had received it and that it would not stop him from starting school.
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They are totally OTT about shot's, one morning I was helping out at school when they horded all the little one's out of there class's because there shot's were not right up to date, some of them were crying as it's not nice to be singled out while they were kept together in the office while having to wait for one of there Parents to pick them up, work or not....it was a case of drop everything and get the child done before being aloud back to school I felt very upset myself that day
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
They are totally OTT about shot's, one morning I was helping out at school when they horded all the little one's out of there class's because there shot's were not right up to date, some of them were crying as it's not nice to be singled out while they were kept together in the office while having to wait for one of there Parents to pick them up, work or not....it was a case of drop everything and get the child done before being aloud back to school I felt very upset myself that day
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
They are totally OTT about shot's, one morning I was helping out at school when they horded all the little one's out of there class's because there shot's were not right up to date, some of them were crying as it's not nice to be singled out while they were kept together in the office while having to wait for one of there Parents to pick them up, work or not....it was a case of drop everything and get the child done before being aloud back to school I felt very upset myself that day
Last edited by g1ant; May 29th 2007 at 4:55 pm.
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
When you get here, try to find a county health clinic and have them done there - often kids will be free - adults pay a much smaller fee than they would at the doctors. Last time I checked, I think doctors charge upwards of $70 PER injection.
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
They are totally OTT about shot's, one morning I was helping out at school when they horded all the little one's out of there class's because there shot's were not right up to date, some of them were crying as it's not nice to be singled out while they were kept together in the office while having to wait for one of there Parents to pick them up, work or not....it was a case of drop everything and get the child done before being aloud back to school I felt very upset myself that day
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Re: Hepatitus B vaccine for school age children? Anyone got any experience of this?
NOT looking forward to taking two children at the same time for their jabs, both girls, both NOT brave!