H1N1 Vaccine Update

December 6, 2009

Our office has received some of the H1N1 vaccine and we are now making appointments for vaccination.

We ask that you call the office after 10:00 am so that we may be able to better handle the high volume of sick calls we receive first thing in the morning.

Appointments made for the H1N1 vaccination are nurse visits. If your child is sick or you have other concerns you wish to discuss with the physician, you must schedule a separate appointment during regular business hours. However, if your child is already scheduled for a well child appointment or is seeing the doctor for another issue, they may be able to receive the H1N1 vaccine at that time so long as they are not sick with a fever.

We do not have enough vaccine to offer doses to parents or other family members. We will only be vaccinating our patients.

We also received some Nasal vaccine for our patients who are 2 years or older and have no history of asthma.

If your child is due for the second dose of H1N1 vaccine, it is recommended that it be given 1 month or longer after the first dose was given. If your child received the first dose elsewhere, please bring us the date that your child received the first dose so that we may enter it into their medical record.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we try our best to implement this vaccination while still continuing to be available for routine well child and sick patient care.

Visit www.cdc.gov for more information