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Vaccination Compliance

Jump Start! Your guide to navigating

your first year of Veterinary School

Vaccine Requirements for Year 1

Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis

One (1) dose of

TDap

received within the past ten (10) years 

OR

 one (1) dose of

TDap

received since age 11 and one(1) dose or either

TDap

or TD within the last ten (10) years

.

Tuberculosis

Test

A Tuberculin skin test OR Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) blood test must be completed no more than six (6) months prior to the semester start date

.

Rabies Vaccination Series

M

ore

details

are available on the

following

slides. Rabies Titers will be required before students enter into the clinical year.

Rabies vaccination series

Required for ALL students

It is a requirement for all Vet Med students to have their Rabies series completed by the end of Autumn semester. This is a

series of three shots that

must

be given according to the following schedule:

.

The first shot

Day 7: the second shot

Day 21 – 28: the third shot

.

You can complete this requirement over the summer while you are at home and can visit your family doctor, or you can make appointments with the Wilce Student Health Center on campus.

Rabies vaccination series

Required for ALL students

For making an appointment at the Wilce Student Health Center:

*If you plan to use private third party insurance, you can make an appointment through the Wilce Student Health

Center anytime after you are admitted. *If you plan to use the OSU Student Health Insurance plan, you will need to wait until it is one week before class starts to make an appointment for the three dose vaccine series.

Students can call 614-292-4321 to schedule an appointment at the Wilce Student Health Center on campus

Additional Required Vaccinations

Adult Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine

Must be given within the last 10 years

If expired, a TD booster is acceptable

One single Tuberculosis skin test (PPD) in your first year of the program

This is not an annual requirement

One single test completed within 6 months of program start date is required

Please call 614-292-4321 to schedule an appointment at SHS

College of Vet Med Compliance

All vaccines and testing for Vet Med compliance must be submitted to the

Preventive Medicine

department at Student Health Services by the end of your first semester

Email: preventivemedicine@osu.edu

Fax: 614-292-6001

Upload: MyBuckMD via shs.osu.edu

It is mandatory that students

new

to The Ohio State University complete

their general population vaccination requirements

in addition to the ones required by the College of Vet Med.

.

The Ohio State University vaccination requirements must be completed prior to the start of the semester in which the To-Do List item is assigned.

You can view your To-Do List in your Student Center (

BuckeyeLink

)

.

Submission for the OSU Vaccination Requirement DOES NOT satisfy your College of Vet Med requirements. You must submit to both departments to become compliant for both requirements. Follow the submission instructions on the previous and following pages.

The Ohio State University Vaccination Requirement

OSU Vaccination Requirement

Hepatitis B

MMR

Tdap

Varicella

Meningococcal (if under 22 years old)

Polio (if under 18 years old)

Tuberculosis (if an international student)

Forms and instructions can be found at shs.osu.edu -> Services -> Vaccinations -> Vaccination Requirement

OSU Vaccination Requirement: Step 1

Completion of a vaccination

history signed by a licensed medical

provider.

4 ways to complete this step:

Upload the record through the “Document upload” feature in your

MYBUCKMD

portal at shs.osu.edu.You can log on to MyBuckMD with your university name.# and

password

Attach the record in an email to

vaccination@osu.edu

Fax the record to 614-292-7042

Drop off your record to room 264C at the

Wilce

Student Health Center

OSU Vaccination Requirement: Step 2

Completion of an electronic form for direct data entry.

The step 2 electronic form can be found under the “My Forms” section of your

MyBUCKMD

web portal (shs.osu.edu).

Locate the Vaccination Requirement electronic form

Use the dates from the document in step 1 (signed vaccination history) to successfully complete the electronic form (see below).

Questions??

For questions regarding the Rabies vaccine series, please contact:

preventivemedicine@osu.edu

or 614-247-2387

For

questions on the

OSU Vaccination

Requirement or its components please contact: vaccination@osu.edu or 614-292-0118.