Parents and Guardians who have received a vaccination notice from Ottawa Public Health

* Please review the following if you have recently received a notice from Ottawa Public Health regarding an outstanding vaccination notice:

Dec. 10th, 2015

Dear Parents/Guardians:

As you may be aware, Ottawa Public Health has been reviewing their records of immunization for school children in Ottawa, in order to ensure they have up to date records. Records are reviewed annually to ensure they meet the Ontario Immunization Schedule. Ottawa Public Health has informed the school that your student does not have up to date immunization records.   This information should have been shared with you in a letter sent to you from Ottawa Public Health in the last month. In that letter the Health Department would have listed the missing immunization.

A second letter will be sent out that will outline that if the records are not received by Ottawa Public Health before the end of December, 2015, your child will be suspended from school. This means that your child will not be able to attend school until his or her vaccinations are up to date.

It is up to parents/guardians to update Public Health regarding vaccination records, therefore, your child may have already gotten the required needle but Ottawa Public Health needs to be notified. In other cases you may have to take your child to your family doctor or a walk in clinic to get the needle and then inform Ottawa Public Health that they have been immunized.

You can report the required vaccines to Ottawa Public Health using one of the following ways:

• Online; www.ParentinginOttawa.ca/immunization:  You will be able to enter the dates and the vaccines of all the additional immunizations your child has received and submit the information to Ottawa Public Health
• Fax:  613-580-9660 -   You can fax the information directly to Ottawa Public Health.
• Call: 613-580-6744: You will be able to speak to a public health nurse, provide the information about the vaccines received and discuss any questions you have about this student’s immunization record.
• Mail: 100 Constellation Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 6J8, mail code 26-44:  you can mail a copy of this student’s updated immunization record.

You may call Ottawa Public Health at 613-580-6744 if you have any questions or need more information.  Please understand that the school is not permitted to pass along immunization information to Public Health.

Thank you for attending to this matter.