Pre-school MMR booster

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I've ploughed through stacks of immunisation threads tonight but still am at a loss as to why dd has been called for her MMR booster at 3y11.

So far I've ignored the Hib recall letter as from what I've read here she has past the most dangerous time.

Have any of you had success at getting an immunity check for MMR and are there any apparent risks associated with the pre-school booster ?

You should be able to get her "titres" (sp?) checked. I think its a blood test and checks whether she already has immunity from the original jab. Most children do have immunity from the first time but the jab ALL of them again just in case! I thought standard GPs could do it, probably depends on the GP but worth asking. Don't know why she would have been called so early though. Just as much risk with booster as with original as far as I know.

Don't know why she's been called early. But when I asked mt Doc about this for dd1, he said 90% of children don't need the booster, it's just cheaper to jab them all than blood test them to find out who really needs it!!

We have refused the MMR 'booster' as my health visitor told me it is not a booster at all but the full strength jab again which they do because, as batey says, in 90% of children the first one has worked, they do it again to cover the 10% it hasn't worked in.

I just felt that the chances are it has worked and I didn't want to unload him with more stuff.