SOT Student Immunization Policy

PNWU, in conjunction with requirements of regional hospitals and clinics and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations for Health Care Providers (Immunization of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations and Reports November 25, 2011 / 60(RR07);1-45), adheres to the following requirements:

Required immunizations must be current as of start of classes of the student’s first year and maintained thereafter. A blood test (titer) documenting immunity is required in some cases and to prove immunity when there is no vaccination record.

• Hepatitis B and quantitative titer
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) – one lifetime dose
• Tetanus toxoid (Td or Tdap) – in last 10 years
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) and quantitative titer
• Varicella or serum titer
• Influenza vaccination annually
• Tuberculosis surveillance annually
• COVID-19 vaccine

Recommended and encouraged immunizations if high risk of exposure.

• COVID booster
• Hepatitis A
• Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus (DPT)
• Meningococcal
• Polio (Type OPV/IPV)