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Charts & Information
Immunizations –
Parent’s Guide IMM-222 (06/02)
Exemption Information
Sheet
Dept. of Health – Annual Family Day
Care Home Immunization Survey DHS8529 (10/00)
Requirements
for Child Care Entry
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Age
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Vaccine
and doses required
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Under 2 months
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No requirements
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2 - 3 months
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1 polio, 1 DTaP / DTP / DT,
1 Hib, 1 Hepatitis B
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4 - 5 months
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2 polio, 2 DTaP / DTP / DT,
2 Hib, 2 Hepatitis B
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6 - 14 months
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2 polio, 3 DTaP / DTP / DT,
2 Hib, 2 Hepatitis B
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15 - 17 months
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3 polio, 3 DTaP / DTP / DT,
2 Hepatitis B, 1 varicella* (or proof of
having had chicken pox disease), 1 MMR and 1 Hib
both given on or after first birthday
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18 months - 5 years
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3 polio, 4 DTaP / DTP / DT,
3 Hepatitis B, 1 varicella* (or proof of
having had chicken pox disease), 1 MMR and 1 Hib
both given on or after first birthday
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*Varicella requirement effective July 1, 2001
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The
above chart is from the Orange County HCA California Children’s
Services.
FREE
Immunization Clinics
Contact the Health Referral
Line to verify dates & times
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Clinics
held at OC Health Care Agencies
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No
appointment necessary
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Parent
or guardian must be present
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Bring
all immunization records
For information on other FREE
immunization clinics and to learn about the availability of FREE
check-ups call the Health Referral Line. (hours and days subject to
change)
Buena Park
7342 Orangethorpe
Ave
Clinic Open: Monday, Wednesday
Hours: 8am – 3:30pm &
11am – 6:00 pm
Costa Mesa
2845 Mesa Verde Dr. East
Clinic Open: Tuesday
Hours: 8am – 3:30 pm
San Juan Capistrano
27512 Calle
Arroyo
Clinic Open: Tuesdays
Hours: 11am – 6pm
Santa Ana
1725 West 17th St
Clinic Open: Monday, Wednesday,
Friday
Hours: 8am – 3:30pm
Clinic Open: Tuesday
Hours: 8am – 6:30pm
Disease,
Symptoms and Vaccine Information
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disease
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symptoms
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vaccine
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Polio
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This virus can cause
people to be paralyzed. Polio may cause death.
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IPV vaccine
3 doses two months apart starting at age 2 months. Booster at
kindergarten.
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Diphtheria
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Can make people unable
to breath or move. Can cause heart damage. One out of ten people
who get diphtheria die.
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DTaP vaccine
3 doses two months apart starting at age 2 months. Fourth dose
given at age 15 months. Booster doses at kindergarten and age 15
years.
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Tetanus
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Also called
lockjaw. Caused by a bacteria in the soil. Enters body
through a cut or scratch. Three out of ten people who get tetanus
die.
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Pertussis
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Also called whooping
cough. This disease is most serious for babies. About half
of the babies who get pertussis require
hospitalization. Can cause choking, pneumonia and brain
damage. Can cause death.
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Measles
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Very easily spread.
Symptoms include a rash, fever, cough and watery eyes. Can cause pneumonia,
brain damage, hearing loss or death. Forty four children died during
the California measles outbreak in 1989-91.
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MMR vaccine
First dose at one year of age. Second dose at 4 - 6 years.
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Mumps
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Symptoms include
fever, headache and swollen, painful glands under the jaw. Can cause
swelling of the brain and spinal column. Can cause deafness.
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Rubella
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Known as German
Measles. Usually a mild illness in children. Most dangerous
for pregnant women. Can cause the baby to be born blind, deaf, brain
damaged or with heart defects.
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Hib Meningitis
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Most serious for
babies. Can cause several diseases including meningitis (an
infection of the spinal column and brain), pneumonia and infections of
the blood, joints, bone, throat and heart covering. One out of 20
children dies and 1 out of 4 has permanent brain damage.
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Hib vaccine
3 doses two months apart starting at age 2 months. Fourth dose
given at age 15 months. This vaccine is not given to children over
the age of 5.
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Pneumococcal Disease
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Pneumococcal disease is the leading cause of bacterial
meningitis. Each year pneumococcal
disease causes about 17,000 blood infections and about 5 million ear
infections. It is responsible for about 200 deaths each year among
children under 5 years of age.
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Pneumococcal vaccine
For children under 2 years of
age: 3 doses two months apart starting at age 2
months. Fourth dose given at age 15 months. This vaccine may
be given to older children who are at high risk.
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Hepatitis A
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Hepatitis A is a
serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is
spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with HAV or by
close personal contact.
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HAV vaccine
2 doses given at least 6
months apart. First dose recommended at 1 year of age.
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Hepatitis B
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An infection of the
liver caused by a virus. In some people the virus stays in the
liver for the rest of their lives. Later they can develop severe
liver disease, cancer or liver failure.
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HBV vaccine
First dose given at birth. Second dose at age two months. Third
dose at age 6 months.
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Chicken Pox
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Causes a rash,
itching, tiredness and fever. It can lead to pneumonia, brain damage or
death.
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Varicella vaccine
One dose given at one year of age.
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County of Orange
Health Care Agency
Health Referral Line
1.800.564.8448
Need More
California
School
Immunization
Cards?
Contact the above number to
order your supply free of charge.
Ask for Blue Card #PM 286
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