Medical Immunization Services

We have your immunization needs covered

Call us for practical travel tips and the immunizations you need to help make sure your trip is safe and enjoyable. By working together, we can help ensure that the only things you bring back are souvenirs and fond memories. We will be your partner in providing you and your organization with pre-trip counseling and proper immunizations that will help ensure a safe and enjoyable trip.

International Travel

Caring for persons who travel the world

International travel can be challenging if you're not prepared. For every 100,000 people who journey to developing countries, 75,000 will experience some type of health problem. 30,000 or more will contract traveler's diarrhea. Approximately 10,000 travelers, or 1 in 10, will become sick enough to seek medical attention during or after the trip. Don't be a statistic!

The travel medicine and immunization experts at Travel Health Services can help you dramatically reduce your risk of contracting serious diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, polio, influenza, hepatitis A, meningitis, typhoid fever, rabies, traveler's diarrhea and altitude sickness.

Depending on where in the world you plan to travel, to adequately protect yourself you have to plan ahead. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises travelers to consult a travel medicine clinic 4-6 weeks before departure.

Our comprehensive services for the international traveler include:

Pre-Trip Consultations
Our travel nurse consultant will assess your individual needs, taking into account each destination on your itinerary, length of stay, urban vs. rural activities, and special medical needs. Recommendatons will be based on the latest information from the Center for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the State Department. A personalized travel health plan may include precautions for safe food and water, high altitude travel, medical/hospital locations and traveling while pregnant.
Personalized Travel Booklet
A customized travel booklet will be provided that will include a summary of your travel health and safety information.
Travel Vaccinations
Travel Vaccinations will be administered by a skilled and caring professional. You will be provided with an official immunization record to keep with your travel documents. The International Certificate of Yellow Fever Vaccination is provided to recipients of the vaccine.
Medications
You may receive recommendations or prescriptions for the following:

Back to Top

Corporate Travel

First-Class Attention

Your employees are your most valuable resource. Travel Health Services saves your company time, money and anxiety for your employees traveling to foreign countries. Travel Health Services helps you to minimize unnecessary risks, including the risk of contracting a vaccine preventable disease.

Our expert travel nurse consultants treat your people with professional care, offering:

  • The latest information on travel health risks worldwide
  • Education and immunization services that will protect your productivity
  • Specialized services for employees and their families who will be living abroad for an extended period of time. Travel Health Services understands and plans to protect them from additional long-term risks.
  • Convenient location with evening and weekend hours
  • On-site visit to your office, at no additional charge, for groups of three, traveling to the same destination.

Top of Page

On-Site Vaccination Clinics

Call now to schedule an on-site clinic (for a minimum of 50) at your company, school, church, or organization.

Flu shots are easy and inexpensive. Contracting influenza is costly, dangerous and results in lost productivity.

Influenza, or the "flu", is one of the most common seasonal illnesses and is easily prevented with a vaccination. The influenza virus is highly contagious and often occurs in epidemic proportions. The virus is easily spread into the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. Unlike a cold, which is a minor viral infection, influenza causes high fevers, disabling muscle aches, severe cough and exhaustion. Corporations lose millions each year from absenteeism and lost productivity when employees contract the influenza virus.

While most people recover from influenza in 1 to 2 weeks, some persons may develop life-threatening complications like pneumonia. Influenza is a leading cause of death in the United States, killing approximately 36,000 people each year. Safeguard your corporate productivity, those you work with and those you love.

Pneumonia vaccination is often scheduled with an on-site flu program and is recommended for people over 50 and anyone with chronic respiratory or heart disease or diabetes.

Travel Health Services will attend to all the details. All you will have to do is provide a room. Our staff will take care of paperwork (consents and record-keeping) and dispose of medical waste. Our specially trained nurses will ensure minimal time away from work.

We are part of your community... if an employee misses the on-site clinic he/she can visit our office and receive the flu shot at the same discounted price.

Flu vaccination clinics are highly cost-effective. The optimal time for flu immunization in the United States is October through January. Flu clinics are booking now. Schedule an on-site vaccination clinic today.

Our vaccine clinics provide:

Travel Health Services is ready to provide vaccinations and education at your facility or ours.

Top of Page

General Wellness Vaccines

You may not realize that adults also need protection from a variety of vaccine preventable diseases. Many vaccines you received as a child may not provide lifelong immunity or protection. Vaccine "boosters" increase, or boost the protection you received as a child. In addition, new vaccines have become available that can protect adults against other serious diseases.

Which vaccinations are recommended for adults?

Two new vaccines are available to protect young women from Cerivcal Cancer, and to protect older adults from Shingles, are Gardasil and Zostavax.
Gardasil, or HPV vaccine, is recommended for young women ages 13 to 26. Gardasil can provide immunity to 4 strains of the HPV virus. This virus is responsible for virtually all cases of cervical cancer. Girls should receive the vaccine long before they become sexually active, to ensure adequate protection. This vaccine will also protect against many causes of genital warts.
Shingles vaccine, or Zostavax, is recommended for adults over the age of 60. Shingles is a recurrence of the chickenpox virus that survived in a person after the childhood disease, and lived quietly in a nerve ending for many years. Occasionally the virus may become active and cause a sudden outbreak of painful blisters along that nerve ending. Most adults know someone who has suffered chronic debilitating pain as a result of shingles. Zostavax is effective to either prevent shingles or cause the attack to be shorter and less intense.
Other vaccinations adults should receive include the following:
Tdap vaccination includes tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Adults should receive a booster every 10 years.
Tetanus, or lockjaw, is often a fatal disease. It causes severe muscle spasms that are extremely painful and can paralyze the muscles of the heart and lungs. Tetanus lives in the soil and enters the body through cuts and puncture wounds. It has been found in gardeners who have punctured the skin with a rose thorn or a piece of mulch. Many adults lack protection against tetanus; adults should get a tetanus booster every 10 years.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious bacterial disease that causes severe coughing spasms that may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and exhaustion. Because pertussis can cause severe illness and death in infants, adults should receive a single booster included in their next tetanus shot (Tdap). Adults who will be around infants (parents, grandparents, caregivers) should receive the new Tdap booster if it has been two or more years since their last tetanus shot.
Diptheria is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that attack the throat, tonsils, nose and voice box. Severe complications are breathing problems, heart failure, coma and death. Diptheria is rare in the U.S., but still circulates in certain areas of the world. Vaccination helps protect from a resurgence in the U.S.
Pneumonia vaccine is recommended for adults over the age of 60 and for younger persons with chronic diseases such as asthma and heart trouble. A booster is recommended after 5 years if the first vaccination was given before the age of 60.
Twinrix is a great way to be vaccinated for both Hepatitis A & B at the same time.
Hepatitis A is found more frequently in the Western U.S. and is common in many other countries. A booster is recommended 6 months after the initial vaccination to impart long-term immunity.
Hepatitis B vaccination is a requirement for health-care workers and is a routine childhood immunization. Most adults have not received this vaccination and may wish to consider this additional protection.
MMR vaccination contains Measles, Mumps and Rubella. It should be considered for adults whose immunity has decreased over time. Your family doctor can check a blood test to see if your immunity is strong.
Measles were once considered a childhood disease, but recently adults in the U.S. have accounted for 48% of cases. Travelers to Europe, Japan and India may bring infection back to the U.S.
Mumps can cause serious complications in males after puberty with swelling of the testicles and in rare cases, sterility.
Rubella, or German Measles, is a viral illness with rash that is especially serious for pregnant women. About 10% of young adults in the U.S. are unprotected against rubella, and outbreaks occur on college campuses and work sites.
Chickenpox, or Varicella, vaccination is recommended for adults who have not had the illness or the immunization.
Meningitis vaccination is recommended for college freshmen and travelers to certain parts of the world.

Top of Page

FAQ's

To help you prepare for your pre-travel visit, please read the following questions and answers:

Visits to Travel Health Services are by appointment only. If you need to reschedule your appointment please call us as soon as possible.

1. Why Should I visit Travel Health Services?
Preparing for an international trip can be tedious. Let the professionals at Travel Health Services take the worry out of complex decisions such as:
  • What immunizations do I need?
  • Is the water safe for drinking or swimming?
  • Should I worry about Malaria or Yellow Fever?
  • What should I do to prevent traveler's diarrhea or altitude sickness?
  • Do I need both required and recommended vaccinations?
Most family doctors are not travel health specialists and do not carry many of the vaccines and documentation you may need. Only designated sites can administer the vaccine for Yellow Fever. Ask your doctor…he will likely refer you to Travel Health Services. We will be happy to update your physician on any immunizations you receive at Travel Health Services.
2. What should I expect at my appointment?
You will be meeting with a travel nurse consultant who is an expert in Travel Medicine for about 45 minutes. After reviewing your travel plans and health needs, your consultant will make recommendations based on the latest information from the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. Your personalized travel health plan will include recommended immunizations and may include precautions for safe food and water, high altitude travel, medical/hospital locations and tips for traveling while pregnant. You will be provided with a customized travel booklet that will include a summary of your travel health and safety information.
Your travel vaccinations will be administered by a skilled and caring professional nurse. You will be given an official immunization record to keep with your travel documents. The International Certificate of Yellow Fever Vaccination is provided to recipients of this vaccine. You may receive recommendations or prescriptions for the following: Malaria prevention, antibiotics for traveler's diarrhea , motion sickness prevention, and prevention of altitude sickness.
3. How soon should I schedule my appointment?
Start planning now. The CDC recommends you meet with your Travel Medicine specialist four to six weeks before traveling. It will take time you're your body to build an effective level of protection. Some vaccines may need to be taken more than once to provide the best immunity, so earlier is better.
For last-minute travelers---it's never too late to get pre-travel advice. Some vaccines can be administered on an accelerated schedule to provide rapid immunity. You can also be provided with information and other medications to protect yourself while traveling abroad.
4. What if I'm traveling with a child?
Infants and children may be at risk for many of the same diseases that affect adults. Travel Health Services does provide special travel immunizations to children, and your consultant will be happy to discuss this with you. Every child under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian present. Routine childhood immunizations should be received at your Pediatrician's office.
5. What do I need to bring to Travel Health Services?
You will need to bring to your visit:
  • A list of previous immunizations or bring your current immunization card
  • A List of any medications you are currently taking
  • A List of any conditions or diseases you currently have
  • List of countries you anticipate visiting
  • Duration of your Trip
  • Nature of your trip (Business, Adventure, Sightseeing)
For your convenience, please download the Pre-Travel Form and print and complete it in the comfort of your own home. Be sure to bring it to your appointment. It will include the necessary information to make your pre-travel visit productive.
Remember to eat before your appointment. If you have not eaten recently, let your travel nurse consultant know.
6. Can I receive immunizations if I am not traveling?
Yes. Travel Health Services provides routine immunizations that your doctor's office may not provide. See our complete list of routine immunizations.
7. What payment method is best?
You will need to bring credit card, check or cash. All immunizations must be pre-paid. We do not bill your insurance, since most insurance does not cover travel immunizations. However, you will be provided with a receipt of services with all the necessary codes, so you may submit it to your insurance if you choose to do so.
8. What are some good resources?
Click on the links below to find helpful information.
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION INFORMATON
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
TRAVEL SMITH - source for travel clothing and advice
CURRENCY CONVERTER
DENTAL CARE
DRUG DATABASES - drug info in multiple languages
EMBASSIES
SELECT WISELY - for travelers with food allergies and restrictions
THE HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE GUIDE
INTERNET CAFES
INFLUENZA VACCINE INFO
TRANSLATIONS
TRANSPORTATON SECURITY ADMINISTRATION INFO - for do's and don'ts and prohibited items
TRAVEL AND RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY INFORMATION
VISA AND PASSPORT SERVICES FOR U.S. CITIZENS
WEATHER
WORLD TIME

Top of Page

In Conclusion...

The world is full of wonder, but frought with not-so-wonderful diseases. Travel can be relaxing and enriching with so much to see and do in so many countries. Don't let terrible diseases ruin your trip and your health. Call Travel Health Services for important safety tips as well as immunizations that can safeguard your health. No matter where you're headed, we know what you need to help make it a safe, wonderful, and productive trip.

Top of Page

We provide vaccinations to protect you against: