Polio vaccine (IPV)

A MinuteClinic provider will ask questions about vaccinations for you or your family. They can administer the polio vaccine for children and adults, as needed, and can schedule the required follow-up doses.

1. You may have to answer a few questions to help us prepare for your visit prior to scheduling your appointment.

2. Check-in varies depending on how you scheduled your appointment:

   If you made your appointment online:
   Check in using the email or text message we sent to confirm your appointment. If you prefer to check in using the electronic kiosk, make sure you have your confirmation code.

   If you made your appointment in the clinic:
   Sign in at the electronic kiosk.

3. When it's time for your appointment, a provider will call your name.
4. Your provider will conduct a thorough examination based on your reason for the visit, presenting symptoms and health history. Charges will be based on examination and services provided during the visit.
5. At the end of your visit, you will provided with a visit summary, a receipt and educational material about your diagnosis. At your request, we can send your primary care provider information about your visit.

A MinuteClinic® provider can administer the polio vaccine to children to prevent polio. Most adults were vaccinated against polio as children. Adults who either have not received the polio vaccine or who are at higher risk should consider getting the polio vaccination. High-risk adults include the following:*

• People traveling to certain parts of the world.
• Laboratory workers who might handle the polio virus.
• Health care workers treating patients who may have polio.

• Anyone who’s sick with more than a common cold. If you have a fever or are sick, talk to your health care provider before getting this vaccine.
• People who may have serious allergies to the vaccine.

The vaccine is injected into either the arm or leg.

Children receive four doses:*

• First: 2 months old
• Second: 4 months old
• Third: 6 to 18 months old
• Fourth: 4 to 6 years old

Adults receive three doses:*

• First: when treatment starts
• Second: 1 to 2 months after the first dose
• Third: 6 to 12 months after the second dose

The vaccine protects you from polio. It’s typically injected into your arm or leg.* The vaccine is an inactivated poliovirus that will not result in infection.

• Allergic reactions are rare (estimated at 1 in a million) but can be serious.
• Fainting may occur if you have fainted during medical procedures previously.
• Shoulder pain
• Soreness at the injection site

The polio vaccine is one of several vaccinations recommended for children to protect them from infectious diseases. If your child needs multiple vaccinations, additional shots may also be given during the same visit. They cannot receive multiple polio doses in one visit.

The polio virus can spread for up to two weeks after a person comes into contact with it. You can get polio from* contact with the feces of someone who is infected or from droplets from a sneeze or cough from an infected person.

Up to 95% of people with polio show no symptoms. Infected people without symptoms can spread the virus to others who can then develop polio.

When symptoms do occur, they can be flu-like at first. As the disease gets worse, symptoms* can include the following:

• Fatigue
• Fever
• Headache
• Muscle aches
• Neck pain or stiffness
• Nausea
• Vomiting

In severe cases, polio can cause paralysis. It can even paralyze the lungs and make it impossible for a person to breathe. Polio can cause permanent disability or death.