Titers (Antibody Tests)

Due Date: End of Week 3

Titers (Antibody Tests) and Vaccinations

 

-->EVERYONE needs to do this, even if you have been vaccinated before. The antibodies wear off over time<--

• Titers (pronounced TIE-ders) are antibody tests done to check if you are immune to a disease.
• You will need to provide a copy of the lab results AND the form below. 
• If your antibodies are low for any of these, you will also need to get a booster shot.
• Your TB tests need to be finished before you can get the boosters or other vaccinations.

Step 1: Blood Draw

• Download the Titers and Vaccinations form Download Titers and Vaccinations form and take it to your doctor or a lab 
• Follow the directions for filling out the Titers and Vaccination form Download filling out the Titers and Vaccination form
• Get titers drawn for:

• • Hepatitis B
  • Measles
  • Mumps
  • Rubella
  • Varicella

Step 2: Lab Results

• Get a copy of the lab results for the titers. 
  We need your medical records showing the lab results AND the completed Titers and Vaccinations form
  

Step 3: Vaccinations 

• Get a booster shot for any titer that shows no immunity.
• Get a Tdap vaccination if you haven't had one in the last ten years.
  • The Td and DTaP shots are not the same as the TDaP
• Get a flu shot 
  • It must be the Fall 2025 shot (available starting August or September 2025 until April or May 2026)
• We need your medical records showing these vaccinations AND the completed Titers and Vaccinations form

Step 4: Documentation

• Add
  • your lab results
  • the completed Titers and Vaccination Form
  • and your vaccinations: flu shot for Fall 2024; Tdap since December 2014, and Hep B, MMR, and varicella if your immunity was low
• to Checklist 3 Download Checklist 3 in the order shown on the checklist. Remove the staples from all of the paperwork before attaching it! 
• Do not check off any items on the list - your instructor will do that