Staff:
Debbie
Quinn
Director
Gianna Dimitrakos Associate Director
Cynthia
Linton
Student Health
Administrator
Lucia Fenney
mmunization Administrator
Stephani Bhatti
Staff Assistant
John V.
Pruitt, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Immunization Requirements
All newly accepted students are required to submit immunization documentation by the deadlines below:
DVM program - July 1st
MAPP, MCM and Ross programs - August 1st
Rabies vaccine is required for DVM and MCM students and for any MAPP and PhD student who works with animals or live rabies virus.
If initial vaccination, booster dose, or antibody titer is 2 years old or older, a new antibody titer is required. If titer level is insufficient for immunity, a booster dose is required.
Antibody Titer (blood work) Laboratory reports must be submitted with other immunization documentation.
The following immunization documentation is required as a condition of matriculation and must be kept up to date:
Tetanus Diphtheria Acellular Pertussis (Tdap): One dose of the onetime adult Tdap vaccine, in lieu of Td booster. The Tdap vaccine was licensed in 2005. Wait to receive the onetime Tdap vaccine if current Td booster date is less than 2 years old.
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR): Two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine or positive antibody titers.
Varicella (chicken pox): Physician verification of year of disease, two doses of varicella vaccine, or a positive antibody titer.
Rabies: Three doses of pre-exposure Rabies vaccine or positive antibody titer.
The Rabies vaccine is a three-dose series that must be completed within the first five weeks of matriculation.
Hepatitis B: Three doses of hepatitis B vaccine or positive surface antibody titer.
The hepatitis B vaccine is a three-dose series, which takes six months to complete. For students who have not already started the series, documentation for two doses of the vaccine must be submitted by deadline.
Meningococcal: One dose of vaccine within the past five years of start date or completion of State Waiver Form.
Jan 2012
Tufts University, Student Advisory &
Health Administration
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