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CHILDREN

Childhood Immunizations are administered through the age of 18

Walk-In Basis - Monday through Friday - During regular office hours
 

Immunization Requirements - Kansas Children are required to be fully immunized to attend school.  Fully immunized includes the following:

Five (5) doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis * vaccine
Four (4) doses of polio vaccine
Two (2) doses of measles vaccine
Two (2) doses of mumps vaccine

Two (2) doses of rubella vaccine

One (1) dose of Varicella to prevent chickenpox OR  history of disease.  Two doses will likely be required by 2008 for school entry.

Three (3) doses of Hepatitis B vaccine.
 
INFLUENZA  Recommendation from CDC:  Children between 6 months of age and 23 months should receive the annual influenza vaccine, usually given from October through December of each year, in order to prevent influenza and its complications among infants.   
 
* A tetanus-diphtheria booster is necessary on entrance to high school, depending on when the last dose was received.

ADULTS  and   YOUNG ADULTS

 
Travel Immunizations                        Please call beforehand to set up an appointment with a public health nurse to discuss your travel itinerary and get immunizations started.
CDC Recommendations for Immunizations
Youth
  • Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine 

  • Hepatitis A & B vaccines 

  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine   

  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine 

  • HPV  vaccine (human papilloma virus)

  • Influenza vaccine annually

College Students
  • Meningococcal vaccine  (meningitis)

  • Influenza vaccine annually

Adult
  • Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine  

  • Hepatitis A & B vaccines  

  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine   

  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine  (booster)

  • Influenza vaccine annually

Adults, 65+
  • Pneumococcal vaccine

  • Influenza vaccine annually 

See the CDC website for more information on recommendations.

Barton County Health Department ¨ 1300 Kansas ¨ Great Bend KS  67530 ¨ (620) 793-1902

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