Vaccines for medical exam -- catch up in advance?

[LilyJ 1,258]

1 hour ago, Gojo said:

So for a male over 30 all he needs is the dtap?  I thought it was more. 

A male over 30 would need tdap, measles/mumps/rubella vax, chicken pox vax (or to have had chicken pox in the past), and the seasonal flu shot

[Bengoj 133]

34 minutes ago, LilyJohansen said:

A male over 30 would need tdap, measles/mumps/rubella vax, chicken pox vax (or to have had chicken pox in the past), and the seasonal flu shot

Thanks!  I’ll let my husband know to see which ones he’s missing. 

[US/EU_in_Czech 6]

9 hours ago, KJ2 said:

They will likely want more. I had my husband follow the adult vaccine catch-up schedule that we follow in my US medical school. He didn't need any vaccines at the medical exam he just had last week. 

Would you consider sharing that schedule?

[KJ2 230]

8 hours ago, US/EU_in_Czech said:

Would you consider sharing that schedule?

Of course! it's just the CDC schedule that we use. I have attached it here, very easy to follow.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html#table-age

[Michaela K. 93]

I may be too late with the information but they don't do any vaccines at the medical in Prague. So if you're getting it in Prague, make sure you have them ahead of time. They just record it. They are also useless about telling you about the ones you will need, you need to do your own research. I wrote more about it in the Prague embassy review. If you're doing it somewhere else, I recommend to double check with them if they do vaccinations ahead of time.

 

Review here: I wish there was a review section for the medical place as well since I was surprised that they didn't proceed as I read about on official websites, which caught me off guard. Luckily, I found out ahead of time. Before you continue reading, please do your own research since I can't guarantee I'm right. We'll find out once I'm doing my AOS I guess. Anyway I thought they were supposed to perform any vaccinations that I didn't have yet that are mandatory for my age for immigration and record the ones I had + the ones they did. They record them on a DS-3025 form for the embassy and they give you a copy of this form as well. You can find tables for the vaccinations required by age on official government websites. I was surprised when I asked about it while scheduling my medical and they told me they don't do vaccinations. So I took it into my own hands and based on the tables I got all the necessary vaccinations done ahead of the medical so then they would record all of them into the form at the medical. Then at the medical while talking to the doctor as she was writing down information, I was trying to nicely make sure she'd record everything from my vaccinations records but also varicella (plané neštovice) since I didn't have vaccination for it but I had them as a child and there is a section for the doctor to record it on the form as well (varicella history). Also I made sure varicella was on the paper from my physician with a year when I had it that I took to the medical. I'm glad I did that because one girl didn't know about it and they didn't record her varicella history. Not sure what she's gonna have to do now. From my understanding, the point of the form DS-3025 being complete is, if it is done right and you have every required vaccination recorded, then it is enough to have this complete form for AOS and you don't need to go to another doctor in the US, get another form filled and pay more money for it. I found this information in the official instructions for AOS form. As I said, please do your own research, this is my understanding of what will be required in the US for AOS. There's no problem to get the missing stuff done in the US, my thinking is - we already have to do medical and pay money for it in Prague so if I can avoid having to go to another doctor and I can save time and money just by making sure I have everything right already in Prague then it's a win.