If you are joining MBBS, BDS, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy or a lab course, or you already work in a hospital, you will be exposed to blood, needles and infectious patients long before you feel like a doctor. The vaccines below are standard for healthcare workers worldwide. Most Indian colleges ask for some of them at admission and the rest before clinical postings. Few check that the course was finished, and almost none check that it worked.
| Vaccine | What is needed | Why | Per dose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatitis B | Three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months, then a blood test (anti-HBs) one to two months after the last dose. A level of 10 mIU/mL or more means you are protected. If it is lower, the whole course is repeated once and the test is done again. | Needle-stick injuries, splashes, surgery, labour room, dental work, lab samples. The commonest serious infection healthcare workers pick up from patients. | ₹75 |
| Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) | Two doses at least four weeks apart, unless you have records of two doses or a blood test shows immunity. One childhood dose is not enough. | Measles spreads through the air across a ward. Rubella in a pregnant colleague or patient harms the baby. | On enquiry |
| Chickenpox (varicella) | Two doses four weeks apart, unless you have clearly had chickenpox, or a blood test shows immunity. | Chickenpox in adults is severe, and a healthcare worker who catches it can pass it to newborns, pregnant women and people on chemotherapy. | On enquiry |
| Tdap | One dose now if you have never had Tdap as an adult, whatever your last tetanus shot was. Then a booster every ten years. | Whooping cough spreads from staff to babies in paediatric and maternity wards. | ₹1,538 |
| Seasonal influenza | One dose every year, ideally before the season starts. | Healthcare workers carry influenza to the patients least able to survive it. Most hospitals in the world ask staff to take it every year. | ₹2,688 |
| Vaccine | Who | Per dose |
|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and hepatitis A | Students in hostels with a shared mess, staff in rural postings, and anyone in a microbiology or stool laboratory. | ₹2,353 and ₹2,320 |
| Meningococcal ACWY | Microbiology laboratory staff who handle meningococcal cultures. Also students going abroad for electives or postgraduate study, where many universities require it. | ₹4,432 |
| Rabies, before exposure | Veterinary students and staff, animal handlers, and laboratory staff working with the virus. Not needed for the general hospital worker. | ₹325 |
| Pneumococcal | Healthcare workers of any age who have diabetes, asthma, heart, lung, liver or kidney disease, or a weak immune system. | ₹5,555 |
| HPV | Not a work vaccine, but most students are at the age where it is recommended, and it is easier to finish before the course gets busy. | ₹10,850 |
Colleges usually want hepatitis B started before admission and finished before clinical postings. This is the order that gets everything done without clashing doses.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Visit 1 before or at admission | Hepatitis B dose 1, Tdap, influenza, and MMR dose 1 and chickenpox dose 1 if you have no records or immunity. The doctor reviews your old vaccination card and writes the plan. |
| Visit 2 one month later | Hepatitis B dose 2. MMR dose 2 and chickenpox dose 2 if needed. |
| Visit 3 six months after visit 1 | Hepatitis B dose 3. |
| Visit 4 one to two months after visit 3 | Anti-HBs blood test. If the level is 10 mIU/mL or more, you are done. The result goes on your record card, and that is what you show when a hospital asks for proof. |
| Every year | Influenza. |
If your posting is sooner than six months away, a faster hepatitis B schedule exists. Tell the doctor the date and the plan is built around it.
This is not a vaccination question, but every student should know it before the first posting.
Every dose comes with a record card showing the vaccine, brand, batch number and date, signed with the doctor's registration number. The anti-HBs result is added to it. This is what your college, your hospital, a NABH audit, or a university abroad will ask to see, so keep the original and a photo of it.
If your college or a hospital abroad has its own form, bring it and we will fill it in from the record.
We vaccinate batches of students and staff at the clinic, with 16% off vaccine MRP, no consultation or administration fee, and one record per person for your audit file. The terms and an enquiry form are on the vaccination page for employers, or call the pharmacy on 8519841154.
Hepatitis B is the one that colleges check, because it is the one most likely to be caught from a needle. The others protect your patients as much as you. MMR, chickenpox, Tdap and a yearly influenza vaccine are standard for healthcare workers in every country's guidance, whether or not your college asks.
If you have records of three doses, you do not need to repeat the course. Get the anti-HBs blood test. If the level is 10 mIU/mL or more, you are protected. If it is lower, one booster dose and a repeat test usually settles it.
No. Take the third dose now, whatever the gap, and test one to two months later.
Several vaccines can be given at one visit, and our administration fee is lower for each extra vaccine given together. Hepatitis B, MMR and chickenpox each need a second visit a month later, so the full set takes three visits over six months, plus the blood test.
Yes. It is a blood test done by our laboratory, Caspian Diagnostic Centre, at its listed rates, with the report usually the next working day.
Guidance this page reflects. United States CDC recommended vaccines for healthcare personnel (updated January 2025), including the anti-HBs testing rule; Indian Consensus Guidelines on Adult Immunization, 2026 update, which names healthcare workers as a priority group for hepatitis B and annual influenza vaccination; World Health Organization position papers on hepatitis B, measles, rubella and varicella vaccines. Colleges and hospitals set their own requirements, and yours is the final word for admission. Last updated 15 October 2026.
Vaccines are prescription medicines. Suitability, timing and contraindications are determined by a doctor after individual assessment. This page is general information about a clinical service and is not a prescription, a recommendation to purchase any product, or a substitute for consultation.
Prices shown are the manufacturer's maximum retail price per dose of the product we hold, as listed on each vaccine page. They are revised from time to time, and your actual cost is confirmed before anything is administered.
Bring your old vaccination card and your college's form if it has one. We will check what you have, give what is missing, and give you a record that any hospital will accept.
Walk in any day we are open and a primary care physician will see you. No appointment is needed.