Comments on: H1N1 vaccine info from health department

By: Kenneth Carlson, MD

Kenneth Carlson, MD — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:25 +0000

The plan is to handout “tickets” between 8:30 and 9:00. Patients need to be present to get a ticket. We will only hand out tickets to match our inventory. We anticipate having about 200-300 injectable doses available. This can be given to all patients over 6 months old. Only contraindication is prior allergy to vaccine and prior allergy to egg.

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:50:11 +0000

For the flu shot clinics is it ok for one parent to wait in line early and the other to bring the kids before the clinic opens? I have a 4 and 2 year old and It is hard for them to wait for 1-2 hours in line. I want to be fair but also make this as easy as possible for them.

By: Kenneth Carlson, MD

Kenneth Carlson, MD — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:24:05 +0000

Agree. So far the nasal influenza vaccine has been in greater supply than injectable so we have been encouraging nasal vaccine for those patients over age 2 and without history of asthma. This would of course be modified depending on available inventory of future vaccine.

By: Jennifer Scholes

Jennifer Scholes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:21:08 +0000

Great idea. I suggest sorting the ticket distribution so that those children who can not have the nasal option because of asthma can be assured of the traditional option, assuming we are early enough in line to get a ticket. (Would hate to wait in line only to find out the only option is nasal.)

By: Kenneth Carlson, MD

Kenneth Carlson, MD — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:57:35 +0000

The suggestion did come from a parent. We were also reminded of how Apple handled early iPhone distribution when supplies where limited.

By: Chelsea Davis

Chelsea Davis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:38:06 +0000

That is a terrific idea of tickets for shots. I was thinking that was what should have happened on Saturday as I waited in line for an hour only to find when we were almost there that you were out of shot and I opted out of nasal. Thank you for improving the wait, I really appreciate it!