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 Immunization Clinics
The Franklin County Board of Health offers child and adult immunizations at 14 different clinic sites throughout the community. For your convenience, the clinic schedule is listed on the calendar with a map of each location.
Required immunizations are available for a $10.00 administration fee to children ages one month to 18 years of age. In addition, there is a $15.00 assessment fee that will be charged each visit. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay for childhood immunizations. IMPORTANT NOTE: The assessment fee for childhood immunizations is being waived until October 1, 2010.
Adult vaccinations are available for the cost of the vaccine plus a $10 administration fee. There is also a $15 assessment fee that will be charged at each visit. 
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Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Update:
Pertussis is a bacterial respiratory disease that spreads easily and often begins with cold-like symptoms. The disease often proceeds to a severe, constant cough that ends with a “whoop”, primarily in younger children, while older children, teens and adults may not have the “whoop”.
Health Officials Urge Anyone with a Baby to get Pertussis Booster
Health officials issue public health alert as pertussis cases significantly increase.
For more information about Pertussis, click HERE.
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New School Required Immunizations -
Don't wait for the Back-to-School rush!
Ohio children who start kindergarten or the seventh grade this fall must meet new vaccination requirements. Kindergartners will need a second dose of chickenpox vaccine and the final dose of the polio vaccine. Seventh graders will now have to have a Tdap vaccination. These new requirements are in addition to the other required immunzations. Click HERE for full details.
Adult immunizations are also available at the clinic and vary in price according to the vaccine; however, international travel immunizations are not available.
The community clinics are the same each month. Please be sure to bring your child's shot record with you to the clinic. A completed consent form is required if a parent or legal guardian is not present at the clinic.
CDC’s Immunization Scheduler Makes It Simple to Catch-up on Kids’ Immunizations
To help parents and providers decide the best strategy for getting a child back on track after missing some vaccines at the recommended ages, CDC has released a cutting-edge web-based Catch-up immunization Scheduler. The Scheduler is a downloadable, easy-to-use tool to quickly find out what vaccines are needed and when to give them to bring children up-to-date according to the currently recommended schedule. Once the user has downloaded and entered information such as the child’s birthday and the vaccines the child has already received, the scheduler immediately provides a printable schedule. There are two options. You can select the “routine” schedule option that aims to keep dates for needed vaccinations as close the recommended ages as possible, or you can select the “accelerated” schedule option in which doses are scheduled as soon as possible according to current recommendations.
CDC's Adult Immunization Scheduler
Adults 19 years of age and older still need to keep up with their immunizations. The CDC has a web-based Immunization Schedule for adults to find out which vaccinations they need. |
| Not sure which immunizations you need? |
| Vaccines Available at Monthly Clinics, Click here for more information |
| A meningitis vaccination is recommended for all college and college-bound students. The cost is $110 for students 19 years of age and older. Students, 18 years old and younger, only pay the $10.00 administration fee and $15.00 assessment fee. The meningitis vaccination is available at all of our clinic locations. Click HERE for additional information from the CDC regarding the importance of the vaccination. |
| The Zoster (Shingles) vaccination is temporarily unavailable. For more information about the Zoster vaccine and how to be placed on a waiting list, click HERE. |
Click here to see the Childhood Schedule , Click here to see the Adult Schedule |
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| Q & A |
| Questions and Answers about Immunizations, Click here for more information |
| Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Immunizations, Click here for more information |
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| Need a consent form? |
| Click here to download and print. |
You may want to visit http://www.project-love.org for all clinics offered throughout Franklin County, including areas in the City of Columbus.
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