Child Health Reporting System
(CHRS)
Data Entry Instructions for
Annual Report of Immunization
Status
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Go to the Public/Private School Screen
You should be logged into www.artximmunize.com OR chrstx.dshs.state.tx.us.
(It does not matter which address you type in. Each one takes you to the same home page.)
For login instructions, refer to the Login Tutorial located on either home page above.
Move your mouse to the Level tab
and click on Public/Private School
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Create Your School or District Record
Note: If you need assistance
with the Annual Report of
Immunization status at any
time, please send an email
to this address.
1. Your school/district name
should appear here. Click the
‘Find’ button to continue.
2. Next, click the
Create District
Record button
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Enter District or Non-Public
School Information
1. Enter your Name and Title
2. Enter the total number of
conscientious exemptions filed in your
entire school or district (not just
prek/k/7th) and your total school/district
enrollment.
3. Click Save
Note: when typing numbers, do not enter commas
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Specify Grade Level for Data Entry
1. Click on the arrow and
select a grade level.
2. Next, click Go to start
entering data for this
grade level
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Enter Immunization Data for PRE-K / KG / 7th
1. Enter data in the requested fields.
2. Click the ‘Edit’ button in each
vaccine row to enter data. For each
row, when you are done, click ‘yes’ to
save the data.
3. When you are done, click ‘Save
Kindergarten (or other specified grade
level) Immunizations’
4. After you save, you will return to the previous screen. To enter additional
grade levels for your school or district, select the grade level and then click
on ‘Go’ and repeat steps 1-3 for additional grade levels in your school or
district.
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Get Ready to Submit Data
After you have entered all immunizations for preK, kindergarten,
and/or 7th grade, click on ‘Submit Annual Report’
(You will have a chance to review your data before the final
submission).
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Review
Data Entry
Review all data entered. If
everything is correct,
click on the ‘Submit’
button.
If you need to correct
anything, click on the
‘Cancel’ button to go
back to the previous
screen and make any
changes necessary.
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Final Submission
After you click ‘Submit,’ the window above will appear. You will not be able to
change anything once you click on ‘OK.’ If you need to make changes or review
your data again, click the ‘Cancel’ button to go back.
After you click ‘OK’ another data entry summary will appear. Please print a copy
for your records.
Next, click the ‘Back’ button.
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Data Entry Finalized
You should see a message indicating that your Annual Report of
Immunization Status has been finalized.
You may now log out of the system, or you can view reports for your school /
school district.
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View Reports (Optional)
With the reports option, you can view your school or district compliance levels,
and you can compare those levels to the rest of the state.
Select a School Year and Grade, and then click on ‘View School Compliance’ or
‘View School Compliance Compared To State.’
You can view the file in PDF or CSV format.
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This is the end of the CHRS data entry tutorial for the Annual Report
of Immunization Status.
Data entry instructions for Login and the Vision-Hearing-Spinal
Screening Report are located in separate tutorials on the CHRS home
page at www.artximmunize.com or http://chrstx.dshs.state.tx.us.
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