Pre-entrance Health Requirements

Immunizations offered at the Health and Wellness Center

 

Welcome to the Johns Hopkins University! We look forward to meeting you and providing your health care.

 

All students must complete a pre-entrance health form. In addition, the following immunizations and screening tests are required for all incoming students.

 

Immunizations/TB Screening required of all students:

  • Two doses of MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella combined) 

    OR Measles vaccine (two doses) AND Mumps vaccine (two doses) AND Rubella vaccine (one dose).

    These vaccines must be given on or after your first birthday and the two doses must be given at least 28 days apart.

    Antibody blood titer tests will be accepted as proof of immunity for measles and rubella in lieu of the above vaccinations. Mumps antibody titers are not reliable and therefore will not be accepted as proof of immunity.

  • PPD skin test for tuberculosis:

    This is required if you have ever lived outside the U.S. for six months or more. The PPD skin test should be obtained within 1 year prior to your registration. If you have a history of a positive PPD skin test, you do not need another PPD skin test. Instead, you will need a chest x-ray.

  • Chest X-ray if your PPD measures 10 MM or greater of induration.

  • Meningococcal vaccine (Menomune or Menactra) OR your signature declining the vaccine. This vaccine is required only for students who will be living in university housing.

Recommended (not required) immunizations for all students:

  • Three doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine

  • One Tetanus Diphtheria booster (Td) within the past ten years. We recommend that students who need a Tetanus Booster receive the new vaccine (Tdap) that will also boost immunity to pertussis (whooping cough)

  • Two doses of Varicella vaccine, if no history of Varicella (chicken pox). Students who think they have never had chicken pox may wish to consider getting tested for immunity prior to being vaccinated.

The Student Health and Wellness Center does administer Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. Students desiring to be vaccinated should bring documentation of any prior doses. At the present time, the Hopkins insurance plan does not cover the cost of the vaccine. Students with other insurance plans should check to see if their insurance carrier will reimburse them for doses administered at the Health Center; the Student Health Center does not bill insurance companies directly.

 

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Exemptions: A signed statement from a health care provider or clergy is required for exemption due to medical contraindications or religious belief.
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