Vaccinations for Healthcare and Medical Students and Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare professionals and healthcare and medical students may be exposed to serious infectious diseases from their patients and could potentially transmit these diseases to others. Therefore, they must be vaccinated against these dangerous diseases for which there are safe and effective vaccines, following one of four vaccination tracks.

What are the vaccination tracks, and who needs them?

Minimum Track

Vaccination against airborne diseases (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and pertussis).

• Intended for administrative professionals whose roles do not involve contact with patients or their bodily fluids.

Basic Track

Vaccination against airborne diseases and diseases transmitted by contact (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, polio, and hepatitis B), as well as a tuberculosis screening test.

• Intended for healthcare professionals and healthcare and medical students who may come into contact with patients or their bodily fluids.

Basic Track + Anti-HBs Test

It includes the basic track and an anti-HBs test.

• Intended for healthcare professionals and healthcare and medical students who are at high risk for hepatitis B infection.

Basic Track + Anti-HBs Test + HBV Test

It includes the basic track, anti-HBs test, and a test for HBV (anti-HBc, HBsAg), which will be performed 4 to 8 weeks after the completion of the hepatitis B vaccinatopms.

• Intended for healthcare professionals and dental and dental hygiene students who perform invasive procedures that expose them to blood and bodily fluids.

What do I need to bring when I request a vaccination track?

When you come to request the vaccination track, please bring the following documents:

• A vaccine administration record (vaccination booklet) or any other documentation verifying previous vaccinations.
• The results of a two-step tuberculin skin test (Mantoux test) from the National Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis or from a clinic that administers vaccines to healthcare professionals.
• The Mantoux test should be completed before vaccination .

How much do the vaccinations cost?

• Consultations are provided free of charge.
• Vaccines are not free of charge.
• Prices vary depending on the type of vaccine and are updated periodically. Current rates can be found in the health bureaus' vaccination price list (Hebrew).
• Payments for vaccines will be made directly at the vaccination clinics in the health bureaus.

How do I receive the vaccine?

• Healthcare Professionals: Vaccines will be administered by employers at their expense.
• Healthcare and Medical Students: They are required to visit the vaccination clinics in the health bureaus to receive vaccinations.