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Without proper immunizations, both adults and children can become sick, disabled or die as a result of contracting a disease. And many diseases are entirely preventable with the proper vaccinations.

Tarrant County Public Health regularly provides immunizations at all of our public health centers.  Please check with the public health center for fees.  We accept Medicaid for children.  Fees for adult immunizations depend on the specific vaccine(s) required. Appointments are not required but immunization hours vary at each public health center. Some centers offer Saturday and evening hours. Please call the center nearest you for immunization times and locations.

Service Locations

Immunization records

To request immunization records for yourself or your child, contact any of our Public Health Center locations, or call our Vaccine Distribution Center: 817-321-5450. There is a $5 charge per immunization record.

As part of our ongoing effort to safeguard the community’s health, Tarrant County Public Health maintains the Tarrant County Immunization Registry (TCIR). The TCIR is an automated system designed to track immunizations and interface with ImmTrac (the State of Texas Registry). ImmTrac is part of a National Immunization Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also set out several guidelines for the storing and processing of immunization data.

The TCIR system is also designed to:

1. Recommend the proper vaccines and doses for a child of any age and immunization history.
2. Evaluate the vaccines to be given and warn about any possible mistakes.
3. Produce reports of children who are past due for one or more immunizations. This feature is also designed to interface with a voice response system to contact the families of these children.
4. Produce standardized and ad hoc statistical reports as needed.
5. Allow for changes to schedules by public health staff as needed.

Tarrant County Public Health provides these links to information on adult diseases and the vaccinations needed to protect against them:

• CDC: Vaccine-Preventable Adult Diseases
• CDC: Vaccine Fact Sheets
• CDC: National Immunization Program
• CDC: Immunization Foreign Terms and Trade Names
• The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website
• The Immunization Action Coalition website

The following documents (in PDF format) deal with specific diseases and their vaccines:

• Adult Vaccine Recommendation Sheet
• Anthrax
• Diptheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (DTP & DTaP)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Haemophilus Influenza type b (Hib)
• Influenza
• Lyme Disease
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR)
• Meningococcal
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide
• Pneumococcal Conjugate
• Polio, Inactivated
• Polio, Oral
• Tetanus/Diptheria (Td)
• Varicella (Chickenpox)