Immunization records..help

[nowthatimetu 0]

Hi. WE have everything I am pretty sure..but I need to know if anyone at all can help me find out how to get my husbands immunization records or where to go to find them...i have tried searching on the internet but I am lost.. His mom does not have a copy..where does one go to find such a thing??? This is all we need now..He is from South Africa so if you know specifically great if not I wil take any direction you can steer me as I am lost...

Thanks to all who respond!!

Courtney

[Mew 0]

I don't know if I'm in the righ track here, but here it goes. If you can't find the vaccines records, I guess you could have a doctor (not sure if South Africa appoints doctors) request some blood test for serology that would prove he's had the diseases/gotten the vaccines asked for.

Edited September 20, 2006 by Mew

[Anna Sif 0]

yep, that's what i heard too, you get a blood test to determine what you have antibodies of.

I actually have an appointment with my GP to order the test, cause my parents can't find my vaccination records...

I'll post when i know more details about how it works

[Mew 0]

I don't know if I'm in the righ track here, but here it goes. If you can't find the vaccines records, I guess you could have a doctor (not sure if South Africa appoints doctors) request some blood test for serology that would prove he's had the diseases/gotten the vaccines asked for.

I should add that it happened in my case. I didn't have the records and the doctor appointed by the consulate instructed be to have a varicella sorology.

[missy_antha 0]

On the London website it tells you that people between 19 - 60 need an MMR and TD jab.

I would have thought it would be cheaper just to get these two jabs done than pay for blood tests to be done.

Go to your countries US Embassy Website and search for innoculations.

Hope this helps

[Anna Sif 0]

My GP here in the Netherlands had no clue what test i was talking about, so she called the National vaccination center and spoke to 4 different people who had no idea either...

in what hands is our health when I'm better informed than the National center for vaccines?

She suggested since i grew up in Spain, that i try to get a duplicate of my records in Spain, but I KNOW back then there was no computer register and i doubt they kept files from 30 years ago, so i think i'm going to need all the shots again... great, that's going to be at least 300 Euros worth of vaccines. fantastic.

sorry, i'm ranting.