FAQ - Student Health Service

• Use TrackMy to retrieve your vaccination history using the vaccine state registries
• Alternatively, contact the healthcare provider’s office or clinic where you received your immunizations; they may still have your records.
• If your records cannot be found you have two options:
  • If you are positive you have received the immunizations in question, you can have titers drawn. Titers demonstrating immunity to the disease will satisfy your pre-entrance. requirement for that specific disease. A copy of your official quantitative/qualitative titer results must be uploaded to TrackMy using the Submit Test Result button.
  • If you are unsure whether you have received the immunization, it would be in your best interest to get the immunizations to satisfy your Pre-Entrance Health Requirements. Then, retrieve or upload your vaccine records to TrackMy.

• A copy of your official immunization record, stamped and/or signed by the healthcare provider's office is required.
• A copy of your official qualitative/quantitative laboratory report must be included when submitting titers to meet your health requirements. A signed note from your healthcare provider stating immunity to a disease does not satisfy this requirement.

Please Note: Proof of payment is not accepted as verification of immunizations.

A titer report is done by a blood test which shows whether you are immune to a specific disease. The type of titer report that is required must be:

• Quantitative - A quantitative titer result provides a numerical value indicating your actual degree of immunity to a disease.
• Qualitative- A qualitative titer report provides a qualitative description such as “positive”, “reactive” or “immune”.
• IgG (for Varicella and MMR) - This is an immunoglobulin G titer report. IgM titer reports are not accepted.
• Hbs AB (for Hepatitis B) - This is a Hepatitis B Surface Antibody titer report. Hbs AG titer reports are not accepted.

If your titer result indicates that you are not immune, you will need to get the vaccine or be revaccinated (booster shot) for that specific disease. A follow-up blood test (typically in 1-2 months) will need to occur to document immunity.

• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) – three separate blood titers are required for each the three components. 
  • If only one portion of the titer is low, a booster vaccine is needed. Since there are no single component vaccines available, an MMR vaccine needs to be given.
  • After the booster is given, a titer needs to be drawn in 1-2 months to document immunity.
    • If the follow-up titer indicates non-immunity, schedule a visit with a student health clinician to assess the need for additional booster doses. 
• Varicella – a booster vaccine is needed and a titer needs to be drawn in 1-2 months to document immunity.
  • If the follow-up titer indicates non-immunity, schedule a visit with a student health clinician to assess the need for additional booster doses. 
• Hepatitis B – a booster vaccine is needed and a titer needs to be drawn in 1-2 months to document immunity. 
  • If the follow-up titer still shows a non-immune status, there is an option of repeating the Hepatitis B series again (3 vaccines) OR receiving one additional vaccine and repeating the titer in 3-4 weeks.
    • If results are needed quickly (clinical rotation requirement), the quickest method would be to have one additional booster and a repeat titer in 3-4 weeks. 
    • If the 3-vaccine series is repeated and a follow-up titer indicates non-immunity - schedule a visit with a student health clinician to discuss the need for a clearance letter.
       

There are no pre-entrance health requirements if your entire program is online only. If at any time your program changes from online to on campus, the pre-entrance health requirements will be required before you arrive on campus.

Upload a note from your healthcare provider to TrackMy under the Accommodations and Declinations tab. The documentation should include the name of the vaccine and any pertinent medical history regarding the allergic reaction to the immunization. This documentation will be reviewed by the Student Health Service clinician.

If you are pregnant and unable to receive immunizations, you will need a note from your healthcare provider verifying your pregnancy and your approximate due date. This will allow Student Health Service to temporarily clear your health hold until your baby is born. Upload a note from your healthcare provider to TrackMy under the Accommodations and Declinations tab.

Non-degree students have no Pre-Entrance Health Requirements.

• Student Health Service will grant you temporary clearance, which allows you to register for classes, if an immunization series is in process.
• If the immunization series is not completed in the allotted time, a hold will be placed on your registration portal preventing you from registering for classes until the needed immunization is administered.

The Td (tetanus, diphtheria) vaccine will only activate your body’s immune defenses against the tetanus and diphtheria diseases. The Tdap vaccine will help your body build immunity against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).

The Pre-Entrance Health Requirements indicate that a Tdap is required every 10 years, and a Td can be accepted if there is documentation of a Tdap given after the age of 18.

As an incoming student, you are required to have a TB skin test or TB blood test (T-SPOT or QuantiFERON) administered within 6 months prior to the beginning of your program/class and submit documentation.

• If you choose a TB Skin Test for your pre-entrance health requirements, it must be read by a healthcare provider within 48 to 72 hours from the time the test was administered. 
• If you have a TB/PPD skin test administered off campus, submitted documentation must include: 
  • Date test administered
  • Signature of healthcare provider administering test
  • Date of test read
  • Final test results in mm
  • Signature of the healthcare provider reporting the test results

For annual requirements, current students must submit a QuantiFERON TB or T-SPOT blood test.

A TB/PPD skin test (PPD Mantoux) or TB Blood Test can be administered at Student Health Service or the healthcare facility of your choice. Make sure that you follow the screening guidelines noted in FAQ #11. 

Please Note: TB/PPD skin tests can be administered for pre-entrance health requirements however, the surveillance test for current students is the QuantiFERON or T-SPOT blood test

TB/PPD skin tests will not be administered at Student Health Service on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday. Student Health Service is not available to read your TB/PPD skin test on Friday afternoon or over the weekend

If you are a new student, complete the TB screening form and upload your chest x-ray report. The chest x-ray must have been completed in the last 12 months. 

If you are a current student, you must submit a QuantiFERON  or T-SPOT blood test each year. If you test positive, you will complete the TB Screening form and submit this information to Student Health Service via TrackMy. 

Please note: If you are a returning student and have tested negative in the past and your QuantiFERON blood test is newly positive, you will need to submit a completed TB Screening form and a current chest x-ray via TrackMy.

• The Hepatitis B immunization series requires the completion of 3 immunizations which are optimized when administered at “0” months (1st injection), 1 month (2nd injection), and 6 months (3rd injection).
• If you received Heplisav-B, this vaccination is a 2-dose series.
• If you are submitting your immunization record but have not completed the entire series before your registration deadline, you will receive temporary clearance in accordance with the suggested injection time-line listed above. Temporary clearance allows you to register for classes while an immunization series is in progress.

The history of chicken pox disease does not satisfy the pre-entrance health requirements. 

You can either submit an IgG Antibody titer report verifying your immunity to this disease OR you can submit records verifying that you have received the Varicella immunization series (2 injections administered at least one month apart).

Only students accepted into the Clinical Laboratory Science program must complete the Ishihara test.

Login to TrackMy using your LLU credentials and navigate to the Retrieve Vaccine History.

Retrieve Vaccine History

Please Note: Proof of payment is not considered verification of immunizations.

Access your medical records via MyChart: MyChart - Login Page.

Yes, the flu vaccine is required for all on-campus students, and it is typically given during the months of September and October every year. Student Health Service arranges flu clinics across campus.