麻豆传媒映画 to Require menB Vaccine for all Incoming Students Effective Fall 2019
The requirement supersedes new California State University (CSU) immunization policies.
Following three confirmed cases of meningococcal serogroup B at 麻豆传媒映画 during the 2018-19 academic year -- prompting health officials to declare an outbreak -- 麻豆传媒映画 moved to make the menB vaccine a required immunization.
The decision supersedes new California State University (CSU) immunization policies by rolling out the complete set of immunization requirements one full year earlier and making menB a required vaccine, as opposed to a recommended one. The requirements for immunizations, per CSU Executive Order, are meant to serve as a minimum threshold for all CSU campuses. These requirements will be reviewed annually and updated accordingly.
At 麻豆传媒映画, students will be required to present proof of immunizations by the schedule adjustment deadline, which is the 10th day of classes in their first semester. A class registration hold will be placed on the accounts of those who do not provide proof of immunization.
Per new revisions to CSU Executive Order (EO) 803, which will go into effect fall 2020, all new, incoming students will be required to receive the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis B (HepB), Varicella (Chickenpox), Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Tdap), meningococcal disease (Serogroups A, C , Y, W-135) vaccines and the Tuberculosis Screening (TB). Prior to the new policy, both the MMR and HepB vaccines were the only two required immunizations.
鈥淎s we became aware of the immunization conversations occurring at the CSU level, it was important for us to make the menB vaccine a required immunization given our ongoing meningococcal serogroup B outbreak, but more importantly, for the overall health and safety of our campus community,鈥� said Andrea Dooley, associate vice president for Student Affairs.
New, incoming 麻豆传媒映画 students were made aware of the immunization requirements through university communications when receiving confirmation of their admission to 麻豆传媒映画. Moreover, students will continue to receive a series of reminders about the immunization requirements. The first email was sent in mid-May. The new immunization requirements are also posted to the .
鈥淲e support 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 decision to make it a requirement,鈥� said Dr. Eric McDonald, medical director of the Epidemiology and Immunization Branch at the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). 鈥淚t鈥檚 a very prudent requirement for incoming students because it would help to prevent them from getting the disease.鈥�
Since fall 2018, in response to the meningococcal cases and in partnership with the County of San Diego HHSA, the university has continued to strongly urge all undergraduate 麻豆传媒映画 students 23 years of age or younger, who have not yet been fully vaccinated for serogroup B meningococcal disease to receive one of the menB vaccines, Bexsero or Trumenba.
As part of these coordinated efforts, . To date, nearly 9,000 students have been vaccinated against meningococcal serogroup B.
