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We gratefully acknowledge our patients' confidence
in their voting Pediatric Specialists the Readers Choice Awards number
one doctors' office in Foxborough.
Welcome To Pediatric Specialists. This site is
intended to be both informative and educational, a valuable resource
for our patients and all of our visitors. Stop by periodically
to see what's been added. Any comments on the content and scope of this
site would be appreciated, and may be sent to our webmaster.
Please visit our secondary website at www.pediatricspec.yourmd.com.While
visiting that site please check out links on opening page and Dr.Giuliano's
page for informative articles.
SEASON'S
GREETINGS FROM THE STAFF AT PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS
Let
us never forget September 11,2001:
the lives lost and the renewal of fellowship and our patriotic love
of country.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT:AS PER THE NEWS OF OCTOBER 5,2004 THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT
SHORTAGE OF FLU VACCINE. PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS WILL BE FOLLOWING THE
GUIDELINES OF THE STATE,THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THE
CDC AND IMMUNIZE ACCORDING TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WERE AMENDED
ON OCTOBER 27,2004:
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All children aged six to 23 months;
* Individuals aged 75 years or older;
* Residents of long-term care facilities and assisted living facilities;
* Children aged six months to18 years on chronic aspirin therapy;
*Individuals aged two to 74 years with one or more chronic medical
conditions requiring frequent or ongoing medical management;
* All women who will be pregnant during the influenza season;
* All health care workers aged 50 years and older who provide direct
patient care and those 49 years of age and younger who provide direct
patient care to severely immune compromised patients in protected
environments, because these health care workers are not eligible for
FluMist ® ;
* Any other individual who, in the professional judgment of their
health care provider, is at high risk for severe complications or
life threatening illness from the flu.
Children under 9 years of
age require two doses if they have not been previously vaccinated.
All children at high risk of complications from influenza who present
for vaccination should be vaccinated with a first or second dose depending
on vaccination status. However, doses should not be held in reserve
to ensure that two doses will be available. Rather, available vaccine
should be used to vaccinate on a first-come, first-served basis.
We understand that this may
pose an inconvenience to those who have been scheduled but our immediate
mission is to immunize those who are in greatest need by these criteria
. Under the revised criteria of October 27,2004 we are no longer permitted
to immunize healthy siblings of babies who are under 6 months old.
The only exception would be if the sibling were five years or older
in which case we could opt to use the FluMist ®. If the situation
changes we will certainly let you know. Please also be aware of the
guidelines for flu prevention as posted by DPH:
* Wash your hands with soap and warm
water or use an alcohol-based hand gel frequently.
* Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing.
* Do not take young children, those with immune system problems or
the chronically ill into large crowds unnecessarily when the flu is
in your community.
* Stay home from work or school and avoid public activities for at
least five (seven for children) days if you have symptoms of the flu.
* Do not share items that can spread germs and viruses, like drinking
cups, straws, or other items you put in your mouth.
* Clean things that are touched often in the household, classroom
and child care setting such as: doors, refrigerator handles, phones
and water faucets.
Please see "Tips
Plus" for American Academy of Pediatrics statements on children
dealing with this recent tragedy.
For information on MMR and AUTISM, please
visit the "Related Sites"
page for links to helpful resources.
DISCLAIMER:
A Web site does not adequately replace the information and advice received
on a personal basis in your doctor's office. Knowledge of your child,
your child's history and the location specific issues are critical to
making decisions about your child's care. The information on this
site is not intended to be all inclusive and may in fact at times differ
from other practitioners ideas. Pediatric Specialists therefore takes
no responsibility for the all inclusive accuracy and content
of these pages or that of links from these pages. We ask that for formal
medical advice you seek the counsel of your own doctor.
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