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Childhood Vaccines The health district immunizes approximately 60 percent of all newborns in Clark County. A national goal for the year 2010 is to have 90 percent of all children immunized by two years of age. Because Nevada law requires that all children be fully immunized before entering school, 96 percent of school age children are fully immunized. Visit the Clark County School District's website for information on which vaccinations are required for students before they begin school. The health district does charge a $16 administrative fee per child for one vaccine and $25 administrative fee per child for two or more vaccines. Some vaccines require an additional charge. For more information, please contact the Immunization Clinic at (702) 759-0850. Why Immunize? None of us wants to see our children get sick. Now suppose you could make your child safe from deadly diseases. And suppose that at the same time you could also help protect other people from the same diseases. You can do all of these things with one of the easiest, and yet most powerful, health tools ever developed. You can make sure your children get their shots. How Vaccines Can Help
Vaccinate Early Vaccines are given at an early age because the diseases they prevent can strike when children are young. Additionally, some diseases are far more serious or common among infants or young children. Vaccines Prevent Serious Diseases Vaccines protect against 12 potentially serious diseases:
These diseases can be deadly. It’s easy to forget how serious they are because - due largely to vaccines - we don’t see them nearly as much as we used to. At least one shot is needed for each of these diseases, and some require several doses for the best protection. This adds up to a lot of shots, and several are usually given at the same time. Vaccinations are just as safe and just as effective when given together as they are when given separately. Several “combination vaccines” already exist in which multiple vaccines are given in a single shot, and this reduces the number of shots needed. The immunization schedule developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the recommended guide on when to vaccinate your child. Visit the (CDC) website for the most updated child and adolescent immunization schedule. Consequences of Not Vaccinating If your child goes through life without being exposed to any of the diseases, nothing would happen. However, if your child were exposed, there is a good chance he or she would get the disease. If your child were infected, he or she could become sick, require hospitalization, die or spread the disease to other people who are not immune. Chances of Disease Exposure Several of the 12 diseases are still fairly common. Some are rare in the U.S., but common elsewhere in the world, so don’t assume your child is safe from them. Vaccine Administration Record A vaccine administration record form must be completed for each child to be immunized. They are available at each public health center, or you can print the below form and complete it at home.
Vaccine Information Sheets The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a number of Vaccine Information Sheets providing details of the vaccines required to be administered.
Diphtheria,
Tetanus and Pertussis - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Hepatitis A - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Hepatitis B - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Haemophilus Influenzae type B (HIB) - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Pneumococcal Conjugate - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Polio - English PDF (external link to the CDC) Tetanus / Diphtheria
- English PDF (external link to the CDC) Varicella "Chicken pox" - English PDF (external link to the CDC) To learn more about childhood vaccines visit our Related Links web page. |
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