Dtap Immunization requirements.

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asked Nov 12, 2015 in How To by yoelhonig
According to the chart of requirements, students ages 5 through about 10 years should have recieved five dtap shots (or four if last one was over four years) but some of our students who have had less then that, the doctors say that they will be good till they are 11 and can get the Tdap. Others give the Tdap then.

On the chart of requirements it says that a Tdap can be counted for a dtap from age 7. How can I enter that a Tdap shot should also be counted as a dtap? (I would't enter it as a dtap, because I won't remember to change it, and she will be missing the Tdap when she enters 6th grade)

Also, if a doctor says that someone finished the series till 6th grade, how can I make that it should not come out on the report that she is missing immunizations?

1 Answer

answered Nov 17, 2015 by Admin
You can add tdap as a valid shot for dtap in the rules.
commented Nov 18, 2015 by yoelhonig
For some reason the system does not let me. When i add a Tdap shop to Dtap, the system automatically switches it over to the Tdap shot. Can you maybe add this rule?
commented Nov 26, 2015 by yoelhonig
Sorry, still not working. Can anybody help me with this?
commented Nov 26, 2015 by Admin
Please call in for support.
commented Mar 15, 2016 by Tashbar
When I'm adding in the rules that over 7 year is a Dtap  valid as Tdap, so let say if the child is missing 3 Dtap it will show he is missing 3 Dtap and 3 Tdap, its a little bit confusing, is there a way to correct that ?
commented Mar 15, 2016 by Admin
Not really. Because both would work. Same would happen for Chickenpox and Varicella.

If you want you can keep dtap and tdap as only one shot and just add a rule that the last 4th one must be after 7 years of age.

Do you actually have children that received the DTAP by mistake after 7. Insurance doesn't pay for it at that age.
commented Mar 15, 2016 by Tashbar

Yes, we have some, for example i find this one, the child is 12.1  he don't need any more a Tdap (only a TD by the 17 years)

commented Mar 22, 2016 by Admin
Any DTAP vaccine type received after the age of 7 will auto generate a TDAP record.

So if the DTAP is download from CIR or NYSIS it will come it as a Tdap too, but if not you will need to enter the vaccine type as DTAP.

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