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Immunization Requirements
| Dakota Wesleyan University requires
all graduate and undergraduate students who were born after
1956, and who are taking six or more credit hours on the Mitchell,
Huron and Sioux Falls sites, to present written confirmation
from their family physician that the student has one of the
following: |
| 1. |
documentation of two doses of MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)
vaccine or one dose of MMR plus a second dose of measles
vaccine, separated by a minimum of 30 days; or |
| 2. |
medical documentation of having had measles, mumps and
rubella, or the presence of immune antibody titers; or |
| 3. |
written notice from the student's health care provider
that he/she should not receive an MMR immunization at this
time. |
Students born after 1956 who are unable to comply with one of the
above must be re-immunized.
Dakota Wesleyan University also requires each student to have a
documented TB (Tuberculosis) Skin test done within the past year.
If the student has had a positive TB skin test in the past, a copy
of the most recent chest x-ray must be submitted with the physical.
Immunization
Recommendations
| Dakota Wesleyan University, in compliance with
the American College Health Association and the South Dakota
Department of Health, recommends that incoming students have
the following vaccines: |
| 1. |
The series of three Hepatitis
B vaccines. Mandatory for
athletic trainers and nursing students. |
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A Meningococcal
Meningitis vaccine (for serogroups C, A, Y, and W-135). |
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A Varicella
(chickenpox) vaccination series if a student does not
have a reliable history of proof of chickenpox. |
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Immunization of Tetanus/Diphtheria (TD)
booster every 10 years.
Diphtheria, and poliomyelitis should also be up to date. |
These diseases are preventable. Ask your health care provider about
receiving these vaccines. |
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