Pre-school booster injection twice?

[mogs0]

Ds is 6 (yr 2). He had his mmr booster when he started school. We moved almost a year ago and the local health visitor phoned recently to offer ds his pre-school booster (polio, tetanus and diptheria). I said I thought he'd had it but when I checked his red book only the mmr booster had been recorded. HV phoned my old Drs who have no record of him having the polio, tetanus, diptheria.

I can't remember whether he had one or 2 injections, it was so long ago. But I can't imagine why they wouldn't have given him both at the same visit.

HV wants him in for the injection but I'm a bit reluctant for him to have it if he's already had it. Are there any risks to having two doses? Or is there any way of finding out if he's already immune?

He's already had 3 doses when he was a baby - and he'll get another one when he leaves school so, no, having 2 now is not really a problem.

Immunity can only be checked through a blood test which IMO is worse than the jab.

You don't have to have another one. Just say "thanks - but no thanks" to the HV.

BTW she may be the one who has phoned but it's your GP who wants your ds immunised not her - as the practice gets "points" based on the number of dcs who finish their imms course. The HV is just helping out with rounding up the few strays they find!

If you just decide not to have it write a note to the practice manager saying you're sure he's had it so you won't be having it again. Hopefully that'll stop them asking everytime you go in!

Gagarin as a practice nurse I am appalled at what you have wrirren.
I organise our childhood imms clinic and we do not ask parents to attend for imms that havn't been given for money, we do it for the child who is at risk from not having the immunisation.
Mogs0 have a look at dept of health website and the ' little green book section' which will tell you all you need to know about immunisations.
If he has had them and then has them again there will be no adverse side effects, you could always phone the previous surgery to see if they have a record of vaccination but if it was my child I would have the vaccination if I can't prove that he has already had it.
Don't panic though, I often get cases of missed immunisations, different counties used to follow different regimes.
Hope this helps.

Sorry to have offended you tulip!

To be clearer my answers were

no - having 2 jabs is no risk.

HV - don't start slamming the HV as it's the practice who will be chasing up "non-attenders" to get the child immunised.

the practice - their rates of immunisation are scrutinised by their assessors. I did not imply anything about money! I was thinking of QOF indicators.

If the OP is SURE her dc has had the jab but there is no offical record SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN.

That having a blood test to check for immunity is not a good idea - to have the jab would be better.

And the most polite way to ensure that the screen prompt on her dc's GP computer system is removed (if they are using EMIS or Vision) is to write to the practice manager explaining the situation.

i would say a blood test carries no risk but a vaccine always carries a risk.