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Schedules

Monthly Immunization Clinic Schedule

*Note:  There will be no more special immunization clinics in 2009.  The special student clinic at Forest Park Church in New Berlin on November 17th from 3-6pm has been cancelled. 

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Routine Recommended Immunizations
Other Recommended Immunizations
Immunize on Schedule
Keep Immunization Records
The Wisconsin Immunization Law
New Vaccine Requirements 

Routine Recommended Immunizations:

Recommended vaccines to protect infants, children, and adolescents from 16 diseases are available.  These vaccines meet day care and school requirements.  Most of the vaccines are supplied by the Wisconsin Immunization Program and are available for a nominal fee*; the fee may be waived if necessary and there is no fee for persons on Medicaid (Title 19).  Adults may also receive measles/mumps/rubella and tetanus vaccine for a nominal fee*.  Note: The Wisconsin Immunization Program may periodically restrict some vaccines to children with Title 19 or no health insurance.

*In 2009 and 2010, the nominal fee per vaccine is $7.00.  Waukesha County reserves the right to raise fee without notice.

Vaccines for Infants and Children

Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (whooping cough)
Flu (seasonal)
Haemophilus influenza type b (HIB)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Measles/Mumps/Rubella
Rotavirus
Pneumococcal (meningitis)
Polio
Varicella (chickenpox)

Vaccines for Adolescents
Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (whooping cough)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV for cervical cancer)
Meningococcal (meningitis)

Vaccines for Adults
Measles/Mumps/Rubella
Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (whooping cough)

Other Available Immunizations:
The following immunizations are available for a fee ranging from $20 to $130:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Meningococcal (meningitis)
Flu (seasonal)
Pneumovax (pneumonia)
Varicella (Chickenpox)

TB Skin Tests (6 months and up; not available on Thursdays)

Who is Eligible?
All Waukesha County residents.

Where Do I Go?

Monthly Immunization Clinics

What to Bring to Immunization Clinics:

• All written immunization records must be brought to each clinic.
• The parent or legal guardian must be present or sign for children under age 18 on Public Health Division forms.

Immunize on Schedule:
Immunizing children is one of the best things to keep them healthy. Since childhood diseases are especially dangerous for infants, it is important to start immunizations on time, usually at birth or 2 months. Children need 80% of their vaccinations in the first 2years of life. This usually takes 5 visits to a health care provider.

Keep Immunization Records:
Parents should keep their own copy of an up-to-date immunization record even though the doctors and public health clinics also keep them. Always take an up-to-date record to every doctor and public health clinic visit; records prevent unnecessary immunizations.

The Wisconsin Immunization Law:
Wisconsin Immunization Law requires children in licensed day care centers and students through grade 12 to be immunized against certain diseases. Students must provide dates (month, date, and year) of immunization upon admission to school, or be subject to exclusion or legal action. Parents may be fined up to $25 per day for non-compliance with the law. Waivers are available for medical, religious, or personal conviction.

New vaccine requirements for students in 2009-2010 school year

The Wisconsin Student Immunization law was changed to add new vaccine requirements for children attending Day Care and for school age children.   Parents are required to have their children vaccinated or claim a waiver.  The new requirements for the 2009-2010 school year are as follows:

Students in: Day Care Centers     5 year old Kindergarten and Grades 1, 6, 7 and 12   Grade 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12

New Vaccines Required: Pneumococcal vaccine 1-3 doses depending on age Applies to children through age 4 2 doses chickenpox vaccine Not required if had chickenpox disease 2 grades added per year until all grades are covered in 2013-2014 1 dose of Tdap Not required if had a vaccine with tetanus or diphtheria (e.g. DTap, Td, DT, TT) within 5 years of entering these grades 2 grades added per year until all grades covered in 2010-2011

Where can I get Tdap and/or varicella vaccine for my child?

1. All recommended and required vaccines are available at the routine Public Health Division Monthly Immunization Clinics.
2. The vaccines may be obtained from your child’s doctor.

Important!  Be sure to bring all immunization records!

Note: When available, seasonal flu vaccine will also be offered to students and their parents at the Waukesha County Public Health Division clinics.

 

Why are these requirements being made?

PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE

The pneumococcal vaccine protects against infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae  bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. The bacteria is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in the United States.   It was responsible for about 200 deaths each year among children under 5 years of age.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the pneumococcal vaccine for many years.  What is new is that it is now required for children in day care.

 

Tdap VACCINE

From 1986 through 2004, Wisconsin had the 5^th highest rate of pertussis (whooping cough) in the nation with almost 5,000 cases being reported in 2004 alone.  In Waukesha County, there were 488 cases of pertussis in 2004 and the county continues to have twice the normal number of cases.  Pertussis can be a serious problem for children and parents. It can cause weeks or months of a severe cough and the ill child must stay isolated at home for the first  5 days of antibiotic treatment.  

Infants and young children receive a vaccine called DTaP to protect them from pertussis.   By age 10 the vaccine protection may be decreased.  The Tdap is a new vaccine to protect adolescents and adults from pertussis. It will help to stop school outbreaks.  

 

CHICKENPOX VACCINE

Chickenpox causes a rash with up to 200 – 500 itchy blisters. Many cases are mild, but deaths from disease can occur.  Before the vaccine, about 100 people died every year in the United States.  The most common complication is bacterial infection of the skin or other parts of the body.  Rare but serious complications are pneumonia or infection of the brain.  Most complications occur in previously healthy children.  Even an average case of chickenpox is uncomfortable and the child needs to be kept out of day care or school for a week or more.  In 2007, there were 422 cases of chickenpox reported in Waukesha County.

The number of cases of chickenpox were greatly decreased by the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.  But some children with 1 chickenpox vaccine still had mild cases of chickenpox and could pass the disease to others.  For this reason, the CDC recently recommended 2 doses of vaccine for everyone who did not have the disease. 

 What do parents need to do?

• If you have a child in day care, make sure your child has received all of the needed doses of the pneumococcal disease.
• Report the dates of the vaccines to the day care center. You can use the state form Day Care Immunization Record or other form approved by your day care.
• If you have a child in elementary grades listed above, have your child vaccinated with Tdap and/or varicella vaccine if he or she has not already received the vaccine(s). 
• Report the dates of the vaccines to the school. You can use the state form Student Immunization Record or other form approved by your school.
• Add the vaccine dates to the permanent immunization record you keep for your child at home.  In the future, the immunization dates may be needed for other schools, colleges or employers.

Can the new vaccine requirements be waived?

Immunization requirements will be waived for children whose parents elect a religious or personal conviction waiver option on the Day Care Immunization Record or the Student Immunization Record form.  A health waiver is also available and must be signed by a physician.

 

If my child already had pertussis disease, should he or she still get the Tdap vaccine?

Children who have had pertussis disease should still receive Tdap. This is because the length of protection from disease is not known.  This is not an exception in the Immunization Law to the Tdap vaccine requirement.

 

Please have your child immunized well in advance of school opening to avoid the late summer rush at doctor’s offices and immunization clinics

 

 More information about the new vaccine requirements can be found at the State of Wisconsin Immunization Program website.

Additional Information
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Immunization Program 
The Immunization Action Coalition

If further information is desired, please contact the Public Health Division at 262-896-8430, or toll-free at 1-800-540-3620. TTY/TDD 262-896-8234
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please contact a medical professional.