Immunizations

We are pleased that you will be attending ATSU’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health in July 2017. MOSDOH requires each student to have documented immunizations from birth to present day. These immunizations can be documented by either:

• Individual immunization record from childhood or, documentation from physician and/or lab sheets for titers.
• State of Missouri allowable immunization exemption certificates on file with Student Success prior to matriculation. Although ATSU-MOSDOH allows immunization exemption, be aware that some rotation sites/facilities may require these vaccinations; therefore, failure to abide by the expectations of the rotation site/facility may limit your ability to complete the rotation as desired and may delay graduation from the program. MOSDOH policy requires that all active students maintain compliance with the immunization and screening requirements.

Once you have gathered the necessary records, please email or fax to the address/number listed below.

Please have all copies of your records to our office by May 15, 2017. If you have trouble locating your records due to loss of some sort, try contacting your undergraduate school or your high school for copies of your past records. It is MOSDOH policy that we must maintain copies of all your immunization records while an active student. These records are kept for six years after graduation and then destroyed.

Students must provide immunization records for:

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP) series; if documentation cannot be produced, a Tdap is required
• Polio Virus series; if documentation cannot be produced, a titer is required
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR); if documentation cannot be produced, a titer is required
• Varicella series; if documentation cannot be produced, a titer is required (History of Chicken Pox is not acceptable)
• Hepatitis B series; if documentation cannot be produced, you will need to be inoculated or get a titer.
• Tuberculosis skin test: A two-step TB skin test will be required annually. If you receive positive results, a chest x-ray is required. If you have previously had positive results, you will need to receive the QuantiFERON blood test or the T-Spot blood test, instead of the skin test.
  
• Meningococcal
• Influenza; Required annually (Clinic will be held on campus each Fall)

If you have any questions about the immunization policy, please feel free to email mosdohimmunizations@atsu.edu or call 660.626.2880.

Thank you,
Student Success
Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health
A.T. Still University
800 West Jefferson St.
Kirksville, MO  63501
Fax: 660.626.2812