Immunization

Helping to Protect You and Your Child Against Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vaccines have been proven over many, many years to be one of the safest and most powerful disease-prevention tools that we have. Vaccines are very safe and effective, but it is important to understand the risks and benefits of the vaccine and compare them to the risks of the disease that the vaccine will prevent. People are given a Vaccine Information Statements (VIS), which gives all the information about a vaccine, each time they or their child receives an immunization.

• Birth
• 2 Months
• 4 Months
• 6 Months
• 12-15 Months
• 4-6 Years
• 11-12 Years

Immunization Schedules

• 2012 Immunizations Fee Schedule
• 2012 Recommended Immunization Schedule for 0-6 Years
• 2012 Recommended Immunization Schedule for 7-18 Years
• 2012 Catch-up Immunization Schedule for 4 Months-18 Years
• 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule
• 2010 DHD#10 Clinic Schedule

 

Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR)

People may receive immunizations from multiple providers. MCIR is an electronic, statewide life span registry that is accessible by private and public immunization providers. It electronically monitors immunization history on people from birth to death so a provider can know immediately what vaccines a person has had and will need.

MCIR evaluates immunization status and recommends future dose dates. It also sends recall notices for children who are due or overdue for immunizations. For more information on MCIR go to MCIR.org

Vaccines for Children (VFC)

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and the MI-VFC program make the following vaccines available for eligible children 0 through 18 years of age, with no charge for the vaccine:

• DTaP, DT, Td, Tdap, Hepatitis B, Polio, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib), Pneumococcal Conjugate (Prevnar), Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR), Varicella, Rotavirus, Hepatitis A, Meningococcal, and HPV4 (Gardasil).
• Influenza and Pneumococcal Polysaccharide vaccines are available for high-risk children.
• VFC and MI-VFC vaccines are purchased with federal tax dollars and participating providers may only charge an administration fee.

Eligibility criteria:

• Uninsured - no insurance coverage
• Underinsured - insurance coverage but not for immunizations
• Medicaid
• American Indian
• Alaskan Native

Vaccines Available at District Health Department #10

Available for adults and children as recommended by the immunization schedules above.

Reimbursement collected through Michigan VFC, if eligible, private insurance coverage, private pay, and/or some limited adult State programs.