Sacred Heart School
Immunization Information
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Immunization Requirements for Entry in the 2002 School Year and College Year*
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Child Care
Preschool |
Kindergarten
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Grade 7
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Grade 8
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Hepatitis B
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3 doses
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3 doses
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3 doses
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3 doses (health science students; and all full-time Freshmen and Sophomores**) |
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DTaP/DTP
DT/Td |
≥ 4 doses
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5 doses
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4 doses DTa/DTP or ≥ 3 doses Td; plus 1 Td booster |
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Polio
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≥ 3 doses
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4 doses
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3 3 doses
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Hib
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1-4 doses
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MMR
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1 dose measles
1 dose mumps 1 dose rubella |
2 doses measles
1 dose mumps 1 dose rubella |
2 doses measles
1 dose mumps 1 dose rubella |
2 doses measles
1 dose mumps 1 dose rubella |
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Varicella
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1 dose
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1 dose
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<13 yrs 1 dose
>13 yrs 2 doses |
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* These requirements also apply to all new “enterers”.
**Effective September 1, 2003: 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine will be required for all full-time sophomores. It is also required for all full-time freshman and health science students (both full-time and part-time, undergraduate and graduate). This requirement will be phased in incrementally, and apply to freshman through graduate students by September 1, 2005.