STUDENT HEALTH CENTER (UPTOWN)

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The State of Louisiana requires all students entering a college in the State for the first time to have either received the following immunizations or sign a personal exemption in which case the State will bar the student from the campus in case of an epidemic for which the student has not been immunized.

MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA requirement: Two (2) doses of live vaccine. The vaccine must have been given on or after the first birthday.  A second dose of measles vaccine must meet the same requirement, but should not have been given within 30 days of the first dose.

TETANUS-DIPHTHERIA-PERTUSSIS requirement: A booster dose of vaccine given within the past ten (10) years. Since 2006, One (1) booster dose including pertussis is recommended.  US Born students can be considered to have completed a primary series earlier in life, unless they state otherwise.

MENINGOCOCCAL/MENINGITIS Vaccine:  Required by Louisiana law for ALL college freshmen.  Required by Tulane for any student in on-campus housing and fraternity/sorority housing.

PLEASE NOTE:
TO SIGN A PERSONAL EXEMPTION FOR MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE, STUDENTS (PARENTS/GUARDIANS IF STUDENT IS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE) MUST APPEAR IN PERSON AT THE STUDENT HEALTH CENTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISEASE FROM A COLLEGE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. 

Hepatitis B Vaccine: (Recommended for college entrance) series of (3) doses, given at 0, 1 month and 6 months, prior to college entry.  Vaccination should be noted on the Tulane Proof of Immunization Form (Part III).  

Tuberculosis (Mantoux) Skin Test: It is recommended that students coming from areas of high tuberculosis transmission (such as Central and South America, Asia and Pacific Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, Peoples Republic of China, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Haiti and Mexico) have a tuberculosis (Mantoux) skin test within the 12 months prior to registration at Tulane. (Tine test is not acceptable.)  The test is read in millimeters of induration, perpendicular to the long axis of the forearm.  If the TB test was positive, results of Chest X-ray and a description of the treatment should be submitted on physician’s letterhead along with the Proof of Immunization Form.  All correspondence must be in English.