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A LIMITED SUPPLY OF SEASONAL FLU SHOTS ARE IN!!!
APPOINTMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SEASONAL FLU AND H1N1 VACCINES IN OUR OFFICE.
ALL IMMUNIZATIONS WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST CALL, FIRST SERVE BASIS ONLY.
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE FLU MIST YOU MUST BE OVER 2 YEARS OF AGE AND NOT HAVE ANY EGG ALLERGIES, ASTHMA OR OTHER CHRONIC MEDICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE SHIPMENTS OF SEASONAL FLU MIST TO BE PROVIDED TO US BY NEW YORK STATE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM.
FOR ALL HEALTHY CHILDREN UNDER AGE 10 NEEDING THEIR SECOND H1N1 VACCINE DOSE (AT LEAST 28 DAYS AFTER THEIR FIRST DOSE) CAN NOW RECEIVE THE H1N1 MIST AT THAT TIME. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU RECEIVED THE SHOT OR THE MIST FOR THE FIRST VACCINATION.
PLEASE NOTE: PATIENTS WHO ARE 9 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER SHOULD RECEIVE 2 DOSES OF THE 2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE, AND BASED ON CURRENT CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, THE SECOND DOSE SHOULD BE GIVEN AT LEAST 28 DAYS APART. CHILDREN OLDER THAN 9 YEARS OF AGE NEED ONLY 1 DOSE.
PATIENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED ON A FIRST CALL FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR ALL CLINICS. IF YOUR CHILD IS 6 MONTHS - 2 YEARS OF AGE OR HAS A MEDICAL PROBLEM INCLUDING ASTHMA, DIABETES, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OR A HEART CONDITION THEY ARE TO RECEIVE THE INJECTABLE VACCINE ONLY.
IF YOUR CHILD IS HEALTHY AND OLDER THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE THEY MAY CHOOSE TO RECEIVE THE NASAL MIST VERSION WHICH IS A PARTIALLY LIVE VIRUS OR AN INJECTABLE VACCINE. WHEN SCHEDULING YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH ONE OF OUR RECEPTIONISTS PLEASE NOTIFY THEM OF THE TYPE OF IMMUNIZATION YOU WISH FOR YOUR CHILD TO RECEIVE.
CHILDREN WITH EGG ALLERGIES MUST CONTACT THEIR ALLERGIST PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY FLU VACCINATIONS.
