Proof of jabs
 

We are moving in three weeks time and the panic is starting to set it. My daughter is going to start 1st grade there and I'm trying to sort out her jabs.
She has them all except the Hepatitis ones, which we have made an appointment for. So I asked my GP for a print out to proof she had them all done but he couldn't work out how to do it...I know! So I asked at the reception who also didn't know how to do it.
So my question is will the "red book" be sufficient proof for the jabs? or what should I do?

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Are you talking about proof for school? In which case you'll fill out a form and sign it, I've never heard of anyone asking for proof. BUT every school district can be very different, so bring your red book along as proof.

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My son was a lot older (16) when we came but I did have to show proof of his inoculation records, when I registered him for school, I had a print out from the GP, I dont know what a red book is but yes bring it with you. I cant believe they don't know how to print off the report, mind you my GP was a waste of time throughout so I guess I shouldn't be surprised:D

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Thanks for the responses. I'm going to call the health visitor tomorrow to see if I have more luck but I have the feeling that they will be useless too as everytime I ask something of them they answer "go to your GP".
The red book, is where they write down the childrens weight as well as their jabs records so I guess that would do. I was just asking in case they needed something more official.

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when i came over and adjusted status they just took my blood and checked my tighters anyway....so i guess that would always be an option!

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Hi Venus

The red book was sufficient for the school my children go to. The only problem we had was the school nurse kept transposing the dates so the computer would flag it as not being acceptable. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to explain to her that we write our dates a different way round to the American's!

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I think you mean "titers"... because I had an image of of them taking blood and looking down your pants! :D

Ian

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FYI....once you get here, if you say "jabs" they will look at you like you are an alien. They say "shots".

good luck :)

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just as i thought my spelling was improving! :lol:

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The red book it is then. Thank you very much I knew you would know more than my GP :rofl:
Juswus- thanks for that. English is not my first language so I'm sure I will make many more mistakes.;)

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wow. You're doing amazing then! :thumbsup:

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Thanks, I am married to an English man so I guess that helps. :)

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If it helps I went straight to the practice nurse at my doctors surgery who took about 2 minutes to fill the forms in. I got the forms from a school's website in WA, it's not the school my kids will go to but it lists every possible inoculation with a space to write in the date of the shot, which the nurse has filled in.

The Hep jabs I had to get from a travel clinic as they were not offered (even privately) by my surgery but the receptionists at my surgery were extremely helpful in providing a list of all the clinics in the vicinity.

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Note the Hep vaccine is often a multi-shot variant, with a first shot being given, then a second a month later, and a third after six months or so. Depends on which vaccine you are getting, but you may need to finish the course in the US.

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Check if your GP surgery has a Practice Manager and ask him/her - they're usually to be found lurking behind the scenes somewhere:)

Also, some states require a chickenpox vaccination or a letter from your GP stating that your child has had it.

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Apparently they are doing both Hep B and A now. Just noticed this when I took my daughter into her doctor this past week.....

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They allowed me to write out our own proof of shots from the red book and what I could remember for me and my hubby for our GC application :ohmy: Then my Dr. just signed it!
The school just wanted a signed (by me) form.

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I didn't know about the Hep ones. My doctor just said to come and have it done, he never mention that it was a course of them, he said they don't even have to order them as they always have stock in the fridge. I don't know if I have to pay or not. We are going tomorrow to get them done so we'll see what the nurse says.
And for the chicken pox, the school website just says as long as I write a note saying that she's had them it will be fine. I can also show them a picture pf her cover in them if they like :p

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I need to get my jabs this month.. I just have to fill out a form saying the DD/MM/YY I got them.. so technically I could just lie and say I have them when I dont.. but whats the point when its free over here :thumbup: God knows if they have my original injection records for when I was a toddler though

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re: the red book. What i did was take my red books to my kids new doctor in the US when he did their examinations. He transcribed the UK jabs onto his own records - and also arranged for any missing ones. Then when the time came for me to take proof to the school - i just asked for a copy of the NEW US doctors records and that worked perfectly as it had it all on one place in a format the school were happy to deal with. Here in Ohio we have to get an annual form of vaccinations for any kind of child care (ie preschool) so this has worked for me lots of times.

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I got a printout from our UK GP. I'd go back to the GP and ask the practice manager or someone to get a printout. It's all in the system.

I assumed the children's US doctor's practice would enter all the shots they'd had into their own system, but they didn't - they just photocopied the UK printouts.

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i had a printout but the doctors here wouldt use it because it simply stated my or the kids names and a list of the jabs. They wanted it on headed paper or stamped with an offical stamp or something so it wasnt just something i knocked up in wordperfect (which it did look like lol).

so if you go that way get it printed on headed paper or get the to stamp and sign/date it

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I can empathise with this, having just moved from London to Washington DC. The deabreaker for us is that the pre-school requires proof of numerous things. I requested a signed/stamped statement of injections from my UK GP be faxed to our new paediatric doctor and that was OK.

Generally, you'll find that children have much more shots here than in the UK and much earlier...also for seemingly odd things...my daughter (3) had to have a lead test..!

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My kids' coop preschool also required proof of injections. I carefully provided it then asked what would be done with it. The person dealing with it said: 'Oh I have no idea what any of it means, we'll just stick it in a folder and tick a box to say we've done it.'