ADULT IMMUNIZATION

With our immunization services for adults you can stay protected and healthy. As an adult it’s important to stay vaccinated against preventable diseases and maintain long term health. Our team members will help you choose the right vaccine for your age, lifestyle and health status.

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Adult Vaccinations

Adult Immunization

Adult immunization is the prevention of disease through vaccination of individuals. It’s important to have immunity and not have outbreaks in the community and therefore regular vaccination is required. For the last 40 years there has been a significant decrease in vaccine preventable diseases in North America but it doesn’t mean the diseases are not present in this continent. The recent outbreaks of disease in this continent has shown that vaccination is still a tool for public and personal health.

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Adult Immunization: Protecting Your Health Against Serious Diseases

At Taysol Medical Centre we want everyone to be protected against these diseases full care which also includes general health consult services. There are so many deadly or disabling diseases out there that one can avoid through important vaccinations, meningitis, whooping cough and shingles for example.

Vaccinations are the safest and most effective way of preventing infectious diseases through the body. Patients are scared of the side effects but they need to know what is normal with each vaccine. Pain or redness at the injection site, fever and fatigue are possible and common symptoms that may develop after the injection. Note that such symptoms are usually transient and much milder than the benefits of vaccination.

As an online healthcare provider it is important to address vaccine hesitancy: a major public health issue. Your role is to dismantle myths by providing patients with evidence-based information. Promote the opportunity for patients to have an open dialogue with you, during which they can ask questions and share concerns, and at the same time, stress the importance of making well-informed decisions based on accurate information. A general health consult can also help patients to identify their vaccination needs, address their concerns and to check up on their all-round health and wellbeing.

Vaccines Recommended for Adults

A list of routine adult immunizations
recommended for healthy adults at low risk:

In Canada, all adults without contraindications should receive routine immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Vaccine
Recommendations for routine immunization
Diphtheria, Tetanus
  • Primary series for previously unimmunized adults
  • Booster dose every 10 years
Herpes zoster (shingles)
  • 50 years of age and older – 2 doses RZV
  • 50 years of age and older previously received LZV – 2 doses RZV, at least 1 year after immunization with LZV
  • 50 years of age and older previous episode of HZ – 2 doses RZV, at least 1 year after episode of HZ
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Women up to and including 26 years of age – bivalent (HPV2) or nonavalent (HPV9) vaccine
  • Men up to and including 26 years of age – HPV9 vaccine
Influenza
Annually
Measles, mumps
  • Susceptible adults born in or after 1970 – 1 dose
  • Born before 1970 – consider immune
Meningococcal conjugate
Adults up to and including 24 years of age not immunized in adolescence – 1 dose
Pertussis
  • One dose of acellular pertussis-containing vaccine in adulthood
  • Adults who will be in close contact with young infants should be immunized as early as possible
  • One dose of Tdap vaccine should be administered in every pregnancy, ideally between 27 and 32 weeks of gestation.
Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent
65 years of age and older – 1 dose
Polio
  • Primary series for previously unimmunized adults when a primary series of tetanus toxoid- and diphtheria toxoid- containing vaccine is being given or with routine tetanus toxoid- and diphtheria toxoid- containing vaccine booster doses
Rubella
  • Susceptible adults – 1 dose
  • If vaccine is indicated, pregnant women should be immunized after delivery
Varicella (chickenpox)
  • Susceptible adults up to and including 49 years of age – 2 doses; if only one dose was previously received, a second dose should be provided
  • Known seronegative adults 50 years of age and older – 2 doses – routine testing is not advised

IMMUNIZATION RECORDS

For Toronto Residents who do not have their list of previous immunizations, there is a convenient way to look up your information online.

  • Google “Immunization Connect – City of Toronto.”
  • Click the button that says “Report or Access Your Immunization Record.”
  • Follow the instructions on the site for which you will need your health card to fill out
  • The site will prompt you to create a 6-digit pin number so make sure you have a number that you can use that is easy for you to remember

Once you have received your record please print a copy to bring with you to our clinic for your appointment or email it to us so we can print it once you arrive at our clinic.

Adult Immunization

Adult Immunization