Sorry that this update is a few days late,
I was on the East Coast for a week.
This week the office has seen:
Lots of sore throats...most of them have been testing negative for Strep
Hand Foot Mouth continues to make the rounds. The kids have spots, but seem otherwise reasonably well.
There are lots of kids with colds/coughs some are wheezy
We now have Flu vaccination for anyone who wants it.
I was able to procure some quadrivalent multidose vaccine. This is fine for people over the age of 3. The multiple use vial (what most Walgreen's have) is the standard form that we had used for many years until very recently. If you are pregnant, I would wait until the Preservative Free become available, Anyone else over 3 can have the regular stuff with no concern.
Our seasonal order for the Quadivalent preservative Free doses for folks over 3 is still delayed until the end of November.
If it comes in time, we will tentatively hold our first weekend Flu clinic on Saturday morning November 22nd. Put a big question mark on that date until we actually have our shipment.
We did get word from CPMC that there was some positive tests for Flu already, so it is potentially going to be any earlier season that we were expecting.
Have a safe and Happy Halloween!
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Judy
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