Travel Clinic Vancouver Downtown
@ 900 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC
Location
900 West Hastings Street
Vancouver
BC
V6C 1E5
Tel:
Email:
Services
Our Downtown Vancouver location is convenient for several neighborhoods:
- Financial District
- Central Vancouver
- Gastown
- Coal Harbour
- West End
How do I make an appointment to get my travel shots?
It takes just minutes to make a travel health appointment. Select a convenient day and time from the calendar on this page. Or you can call us to make an appointment on +1 888 672 0005.
How long is a travel health appointment?
Each appointment lasts half an hour. This includes time for a consultation, risk assessment, advice and any recommended vaccinations. You may have to return for subsequent doses of some vaccines to ensure maximum protection.
If you need a longer appointment, just ask.
Travellers who may wish to ask for longer appointments include:
- people going on longer trips (more than three months)
- people going to more than three destinations in quick succession.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding you are in an altered state of health so you might have more questions or worries than you usually would.Let us know and we’ll give you a longer appointment.
Anyone with an underlying condition should also ask for a longer appointment. You may also wish to
talk over your trip with your normal healthcare provider. They can give you specific insights into the effects of heat, altitude and air travel on your health.
If you need a longer appointment, book two back-to-back, or ask when you call us on +1 888 672 0005.
Do I need to make travel health appointments for each person in my family?
Please make appointments for each person travelling. This is because the travel health adviser will make tailored recommendations for every member of your family.
How much will my travel health appointment cost?
Take a look at our price listto get an idea of the cost of your shots. We do not charge a dispensing fee; and we do not charge for administering injections.
Whenshould I see a travel health nurse?
We recommend a travel health consultation six to eight weeks before you go overseas. Your body needs time to respond to the vaccine to achieve the best possible protection. If you’re travelling last-minute please come and see us as soon as you can.We offer same-day appointments. Let us do a risk assessment and give advice that will help you to reduce your risk of exposure to disease-causing organisms. We can also offer some vaccines on accelerated schedules.
Travel health center services
At our Vancouver travel health center, Canadian Travel Clinics offers:
- appointments with travel health advisers
- travel shots
- anti-malarials
- certificates of vaccination
- catch-up vaccines for the normal Canadian vaccine schedule
- TB testing.
Travel health consultations
Your travel health nurse specialises in travel health. They will take a full history from you and then ask about the trip you have planned. They use this information to assess what risks you will be exposed to. Our travel health advisers have access to the latest data on international health risks. They will then advise you on reducing your chances of exposure to pathogens, and on how to protect yourself from them. Their recommendations may include:
- a vaccination regime
- avoiding mosquito, tick and bug bites
- food and water safety
- sun safety
- accident prevention.
Please bring any vaccine records and certificates you may have to your travel health consultation. Please also bring details of your planned trip.
Travel shots
At our Downtown Vancouver travel health center we can administer travel shots. The range of shots we can provide includes:
- cholera
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- Japanese encephalitis
- meningococcal meningitis (ACWY) and certificate
- polio
- rabies (intramuscular)
- tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio
- typhoid, both injected and oral
- yellow fever with certificate.
Anti-malarials
We can prescribe and dispense anti-malaria tablets at our British Columbia travel clinic.If you are wondering how to work out an anti-malarial regime, we can help.
The malaria map is complicated and you need to start your course of malaria drugs before you arrive in the area where malaria is endemic. You will need to take the pills until after you leave to ensure maximum protection. Your travel health adviser will explain the best way to protect yourself from malaria.
Malaria drugs provide good protection, but you need to avoid mosquito bites, too. Your travel health adviser will give you some tips to reduce your chances of being bitten by a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite.
Certificates of vaccination
Pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia will need a certificate of vaccination against Meningococcal meningitis. Some travellers will also need a yellow fever certificate.If you do not have the necessary certificates for your trip you may be held up or turned away at the border. A travel health nurse draws on the most up-to-date information about border requirements.
Your travel health adviser will look at your travel plans and tell you if you will need a certificate of vaccination or immunity. Our Vancouver Downtown clinic has been designated a yellow fever center by the government of Canada, so we can administer the yellow fever vaccine and provide you with a certificate.
Entry requirements change all the time, so don’t leave it to chance. Come and see us and get the latest, most accurate information about the entry requirements for the countries you are visiting. We have access to specialist resources not available to the public.
Look after your vaccination certificates. If you cannot produce them when required, you may be delayed at the border or sent back to where you came from. It would be very sad to miss out on activities you’ve been looking forward to for want of a vaccination certificate.
Catch-up shots in Vancouver
We can administer shots that will protect you from diseases that you might be exposed to during your day-to-day life in Canada. These include:
- measles mumps and rubella (MMR)
- meningococcal meningitis (ACWY)
- polio
- Prevnar (for staph)
- rabies (intramuscular)
- shingles vaccine
- tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio
TB testing
TB, a dangerous bacterial illness, is becoming more common. You may have been exposed to it during your work or day-to-day activities. Vancouver has a population of 2.4million so there is a chanceyou have been exposed to TB, which is airborne, without knowing. We can test you for TB with the Mantoux test.
Do I need travel health advice if I work overseas?
If your job takes you abroad, come to us for travel health advice. Getting ill on a business trip could have far-reaching consequences, particularly if you need to be at the top of your game. Reduce your chances of getting sick by making sure all your shots are up-to-date and that you know how to minimize your exposure to health risks.
Whether you work in an office or in the great outdoors, we can tailor your travel health regime to your needs. We will take account of your work activities when we make our recommendations. We will recommend some shots, and also some steps you can take to avoid exposure to disease-causing pathogens in the course of your work.
We have a convenient location in Downtown Vancouver and offer travel health appointments at the start and end of the day.
Use our calendar to pick the appointment that is most convenient for you.
Do I need a travel health appointment?
We recommend seeing a travel health adviser six to eight weeks before every trip. Health risks are constantly developing and the advice we provide changes year-on-year. Many vaccinations will protect you for several years, but it’s worth checking in with your travel health adviser in case there is new advice about, for example, mosquito-avoidance.
You may also need certificates of vaccination for some destinations on your holiday. If you can’t produce these certificates on request you may be delayed or deported. You may also be forced to pay for another dose of the vaccine before you can continue your journey. Such delays can mean you miss activities or travel connections. Ask your travel health adviser about what certificates you will need for your trip.
It would be a shame to ruin your trip by getting sick when you didn’t need to, so make that appointment today.
And if you are travelling in an emergency, come and see us. We can help with advice and accelerated vaccine schedules. You’ve got enough to worry about without worrying about disease risks. Make a same-day appointment for peace of mind on your travels.
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Location
900 West Hastings Street
Vancouver
BC
V6C 1E5
Tel:
Email:
Our Downtown Vancouver location is convenient for several neighborhoods:
- Financial District
- Central Vancouver
- Gastown
- Coal Harbour
- West End
How do I make an appointment to get my travel shots?
It takes just minutes to make a travel health appointment. Select a convenient day and time from the calendar on this page. Or you can call us to make an appointment on +1 888 672 0005.
How long is a travel health appointment?
Each appointment lasts half an hour. This includes time for a consultation, risk assessment, advice and any recommended vaccinations. You may have to return for subsequent doses of some vaccines to ensure maximum protection.
If you need a longer appointment, just ask.
Travellers who may wish to ask for longer appointments include:
- people going on longer trips (more than three months)
- people going to more than three destinations in quick succession.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding you are in an altered state of health so you might have more questions or worries than you usually would.Let us know and we’ll give you a longer appointment.
Anyone with an underlying condition should also ask for a longer appointment. You may also wish to
talk over your trip with your normal healthcare provider. They can give you specific insights into the effects of heat, altitude and air travel on your health.
If you need a longer appointment, book two back-to-back, or ask when you call us on +1 888 672 0005.
Do I need to make travel health appointments for each person in my family?
Please make appointments for each person travelling. This is because the travel health adviser will make tailored recommendations for every member of your family.
How much will my travel health appointment cost?
Take a look at our price listto get an idea of the cost of your shots. We do not charge a dispensing fee; and we do not charge for administering injections.
Whenshould I see a travel health nurse?
We recommend a travel health consultation six to eight weeks before you go overseas. Your body needs time to respond to the vaccine to achieve the best possible protection. If you’re travelling last-minute please come and see us as soon as you can.We offer same-day appointments. Let us do a risk assessment and give advice that will help you to reduce your risk of exposure to disease-causing organisms. We can also offer some vaccines on accelerated schedules.
Travel health center services
At our Vancouver travel health center, Canadian Travel Clinics offers:
- appointments with travel health advisers
- travel shots
- anti-malarials
- certificates of vaccination
- catch-up vaccines for the normal Canadian vaccine schedule
- TB testing.
Travel health consultations
Your travel health nurse specialises in travel health. They will take a full history from you and then ask about the trip you have planned. They use this information to assess what risks you will be exposed to. Our travel health advisers have access to the latest data on international health risks. They will then advise you on reducing your chances of exposure to pathogens, and on how to protect yourself from them. Their recommendations may include:
- a vaccination regime
- avoiding mosquito, tick and bug bites
- food and water safety
- sun safety
- accident prevention.
Please bring any vaccine records and certificates you may have to your travel health consultation. Please also bring details of your planned trip.
Travel shots
At our Downtown Vancouver travel health center we can administer travel shots. The range of shots we can provide includes:
- cholera
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- Japanese encephalitis
- meningococcal meningitis (ACWY) and certificate
- polio
- rabies (intramuscular)
- tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio
- typhoid, both injected and oral
- yellow fever with certificate.
Anti-malarials
We can prescribe and dispense anti-malaria tablets at our British Columbia travel clinic.If you are wondering how to work out an anti-malarial regime, we can help.
The malaria map is complicated and you need to start your course of malaria drugs before you arrive in the area where malaria is endemic. You will need to take the pills until after you leave to ensure maximum protection. Your travel health adviser will explain the best way to protect yourself from malaria.
Malaria drugs provide good protection, but you need to avoid mosquito bites, too. Your travel health adviser will give you some tips to reduce your chances of being bitten by a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite.
Certificates of vaccination
Pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia will need a certificate of vaccination against Meningococcal meningitis. Some travellers will also need a yellow fever certificate.If you do not have the necessary certificates for your trip you may be held up or turned away at the border. A travel health nurse draws on the most up-to-date information about border requirements.
Your travel health adviser will look at your travel plans and tell you if you will need a certificate of vaccination or immunity. Our Vancouver Downtown clinic has been designated a yellow fever center by the government of Canada, so we can administer the yellow fever vaccine and provide you with a certificate.
Entry requirements change all the time, so don’t leave it to chance. Come and see us and get the latest, most accurate information about the entry requirements for the countries you are visiting. We have access to specialist resources not available to the public.
Look after your vaccination certificates. If you cannot produce them when required, you may be delayed at the border or sent back to where you came from. It would be very sad to miss out on activities you’ve been looking forward to for want of a vaccination certificate.
Catch-up shots in Vancouver
We can administer shots that will protect you from diseases that you might be exposed to during your day-to-day life in Canada. These include:
- measles mumps and rubella (MMR)
- meningococcal meningitis (ACWY)
- polio
- Prevnar (for staph)
- rabies (intramuscular)
- shingles vaccine
- tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio
TB testing
TB, a dangerous bacterial illness, is becoming more common. You may have been exposed to it during your work or day-to-day activities. Vancouver has a population of 2.4million so there is a chanceyou have been exposed to TB, which is airborne, without knowing. We can test you for TB with the Mantoux test.
Do I need travel health advice if I work overseas?
If your job takes you abroad, come to us for travel health advice. Getting ill on a business trip could have far-reaching consequences, particularly if you need to be at the top of your game. Reduce your chances of getting sick by making sure all your shots are up-to-date and that you know how to minimize your exposure to health risks.
Whether you work in an office or in the great outdoors, we can tailor your travel health regime to your needs. We will take account of your work activities when we make our recommendations. We will recommend some shots, and also some steps you can take to avoid exposure to disease-causing pathogens in the course of your work.
We have a convenient location in Downtown Vancouver and offer travel health appointments at the start and end of the day.
Use our calendar to pick the appointment that is most convenient for you.
Do I need a travel health appointment?
We recommend seeing a travel health adviser six to eight weeks before every trip. Health risks are constantly developing and the advice we provide changes year-on-year. Many vaccinations will protect you for several years, but it’s worth checking in with your travel health adviser in case there is new advice about, for example, mosquito-avoidance.
You may also need certificates of vaccination for some destinations on your holiday. If you can’t produce these certificates on request you may be delayed or deported. You may also be forced to pay for another dose of the vaccine before you can continue your journey. Such delays can mean you miss activities or travel connections. Ask your travel health adviser about what certificates you will need for your trip.
It would be a shame to ruin your trip by getting sick when you didn’t need to, so make that appointment today.
And if you are travelling in an emergency, come and see us. We can help with advice and accelerated vaccine schedules. You’ve got enough to worry about without worrying about disease risks. Make a same-day appointment for peace of mind on your travels.