Anonymous wrote:
We require TDAP, flu shot and TB test. I've never had a problem with a nanny refusing any of these. If a candidate did have a problem with it, she would absolutely be removing herself from consideration.

I have no patience with ignorant anti-vax types.


There are many people who are fully vaccinated AND who think the flu vaccine is a waste of time and money. My doctor is one of them. Let's not lump them all together, k?

This is a good point and I shouldn't lump them all together. The recent measles outbreaks have made me even less patient with anti vax people.

I'm also immunocompromised myself, so I do need a nanny with the flu shot. However, in a different situation, I can understand people passing on that shot.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a pediatrician, and we requested Tdap and the flu shot. I'd personally request TB testing if the nanny was from a high risk area. Hep C and HIV seem over the top.

HIV doesn't make any sense for a nanny to need on the job.

nannydebsays wrote:Just to add a little twist, how do you think families would react to having nanny candidates ask them for their shot records and their HIV or HepC test results?

I would think the HIV and HepC are excessive but I posted previously that I thought it was excessive to ask the nanny that too. As far as the shot record goes, I would have no problem providing it but would probably think it was a little odd unless she had a young child herself or worked for another family as well. The only reason I care about her shot record is because I have a newborn. I actually didn't ask the nanny about her shot record when I hired her because I had older children then and they were fully vaccinated themselves. When I was pregnant I asked her to get a flu shot because the baby was due right in the middle of flu season. I also asked her about tdap but she'd already had it.

Just to add a little twist, how do you think families would react to having nanny candidates ask them for their shot records and their HIV or HepC test results?

I had a family who would not hire me because I've been vaccinated. I didn't understand how would my having shots taken as a kid hurt their children.