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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: |
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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 |
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medical documentation of having had measles, mumps and rubella,
or the presence of immune antibody titers; or |
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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: |
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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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