Immunization Reports

Royalyn Andrus at West Jordan Elementary posted the following:

I am confused about compliance for immunizations.

It seems that the recommended timing for certain immunizations on the Skyward report differs from actual requirements. I wonder if the parameters can be changed so the report does not show that a child is out of compliance, when he or she is in reality, not out of compliance.

For instance, on Hep. B, Skyward has instituted the “6 month rule” which applies to the Hep A vaccine, but not to the Hep B vaccine. Hep B vaccines should be at least 1 month between the 1^st and 2^nd shot, at least 2 months between the 2^nd and 3^rd (ideally it should be 4 months or more). At least 4 months should go by between the 1^st and 3^rd shots.

What this means is that if a child’s doctor is following recommended procedures for giving immunizations and we enter those dates, our Skyward report shows that the child is out of compliance, when he really is not.

Also, we enter immunizations according to what parents have written on the pink immunization card. If they have made up dates or transposed dates, we have no way of knowing that until the report shows up “non compliant”.

The varacella immunization is required on or after the 1^st birthday, but if the student was given the vaccine before their 1^st birthday, it shows them out of compliance. Do they really need another dose?

Also, the MMR rules don’t match. Each child should get 2 doses of MMR, the first at 12-15 months and the second at 4-6 years of age. However, when immunizations are entered this way, students come up as non-compliant,

Are the Skyward parameters too restrictive? Can we change that?

When doing vaccination reports, the report shows a student is out of compliance when only 1 vaccination is required for chicken pox according to the 08/09 State Vaccination Guidelines. Can this be fixed?