In compliance with Virginia state law, Bridgewater College requires entering students to provide immunization documentation of the vaccines listed, in order to continue to be registered and participate in classes:
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (TDAP) – current within 10 years
- Hepatitis B – 3 dose series
- Meningitis (Men ACWY dose between the ages of 16-23)
- Varicella – (documentation of 2 doses of varicella vaccine, laboratory evidence of immunity, or verification of a history of varicella disease (chickenpox) by a health-care provider)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine – Two doses of MMR at least 28 days apart after 12 months of age. INDICATIONS:
- All college students born after 1956 without evidence of immunity* should receive 2 doses of MMR vaccine. (*Evidence of immunity is assumed if born before 1957, documentation of receipt of MMR vaccine, or laboratory evidence of immunity or disease.*)
- All healthcare professional students without evidence of immunity should receive two doses of MMR (if they do not have documentation of having had 2 MMR doses).
