Immunization Program
Travel immunizations
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Public Health - Seattle & King County offers timely information about health-related risks while traveling abroad. Travel services are available at Downtown, Northshore, and Auburn Public Health Centers. |
Downtown and Northshore Public Health clinics offer full Travelers' Health Care Clinics including Travel Assessment, travel immunizations, and prescription medications for malaria prevention, altitude sickness and treatment of travelers' diarrhea and other travel-related conditions. Auburn Public Health clinic provides travel assessment and immunizations, but not travel-related prescription medications.
The following are available travel vaccines for children and adults in addition to routine vaccines they may need:
This may be given in addition to hepatitis A vaccine for some travelers, or instead of hepatitis A vaccine for children under one year of age who are too young to receive the vaccine.
Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)
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Inactivated polio vaccine is recommended routinely for children up through age 18 years. IPV may be given to certain adults age 19 and older depending on their travel plans.
Washington passed a law, RCW 70.95M.115, that restricts the use of vaccines that contain thimerosal for children under 3 years of age and for pregnant women, effective July 1, 2007. The law affects flu vaccine in multiple-dose vials, meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine and Japanese Encephalitis vaccine. Information about RCW 70.95M.115 (PDF).
Meningococcal vaccine is also available at Eastgate and Columbia Public Health Centers in addition to Public Health's Travel Clinics.
Two meningococcal vaccines are available: Menactra (meningococcal conjugate vaccine, licensed for age 11 years through 55 years) and Menomune (meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, licensed for age 2 years and older). All Public Health clinics have Menactra for age 11 years through 18 years, which is routinely recommended for all adolescents. Travel clinics have Menactra for age 19 years and older and Menomune for age 2 years and older.
Washington passed a law, RCW 70.95M.115, that restricts the use of vaccines that contain thimerosal for children under 3 years of age and for pregnant women, effective July 1, 2007. The law affects flu vaccine in multiple-dose vials, meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine and Japanese Encephalitis vaccine. Information about RCW 70.95M.115 (PDF).
Typhoid, oral and vi-polysaccharide
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 Travel Clinics
When you're traveling abroad, a travel assessment by the travel clinic nurse provides information and emphasizes the best ways to prevent travel-related illnesses.
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