214 S. Wagner Ave.

Wapakoneta, OH 45895

Phone: (419) 738-3410

Fax: (419) 738-7818

Auglaize County Health Department

Immunization Clinics

Supported by Health Levy and Grant Funds

Flu and Pneumonia Clinics

 

See table above for times and places.

                

Flu: $20.00            

                                                                   

Pneumonia: Call for Price      As of 6/20/07 $35.00

 

Tetanus:  $8.00

 

Payable by Cash, Check, Medicaid, or Medicare Part B Card

 

Flu vaccines are available for everyone desiring protection.

 

Pneumonia vaccine is available all year.

Contact Info:

 

Phone:  419-738-3410

Fax: 419-738-7818

Email: dorr@auglaizehealth.org

* Private purchase vaccine cost is subject to change.

No one is turned away if unable to pay for state-funded childhood vaccines.

Tb Tests:

 

Administered Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30—11:00 AM and 1:30—4:00 PM. 

Holidays may change this schedule, so please call ahead.

 

PPD SKIN TESTING AND POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

 

                 PPD TB skin testing is done to determine if individuals have been infected with tuberculosis, either recently or at some earlier time during their life.  The test does not indicate if an individual is sick with TB, but only indicates whether infection has occurred.

                

                 The solution for the PPD skin test is made in such a way that a person cannot get  TB from the PPD test.  The test causes a person who has been infected by the TB germ to have a reaction.  People who have never been infected by the TB germ do not have a reaction.

 

                 To receive the test, a person has a small amount of the PPD solution injected just beneath the skin on the underside of the forearm.  48 to 72 hours later, the person must return to have the test evaluated.  A positive test is one where a bump with a hard ridge around it appears at the place where the PPD test was placed.  The size of the reaction is measured to determine if the test is positive.

 

                 It is very unlikely that a side effect to the test will occur.  If such an event does happen, the most common reaction is a local one, such as pain or redness at the test site.  In very rare cases, a person who is hypersensitive to the solution could have a more severe allergic reaction near the injection site.  Such reactions may include blistering or a skin wound.