- At this time, masks are only required for patients over 2 years of age who have respiratory symptoms, have a potentially contagious condition or have fever
- If you or your child are Covid-19 positive or suspected Covid-19 positive, please let us know and we will provide you with instructions on our safety procedures before your appointment and schedule your child appropriately – please wear a mask in our office to protect the other patients
- If you or your child are on isolation and have a scheduled appointment, please call us to reschedule to an appropriate time or take necessary safety precautions for our staff and patients
CDC ISOLATION GUIDELINES :
FOR A POSITIVE TEST:
- Stay home for 5 days – you are likely most infectious during this time
- If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after 5 days and you have been fever free for 24 hours, you may end isolation
- You must wear a mask through day 10 unless you have had 2 negative rapid home tests 48hrs apart
- If you are immunocompromised or if you have had moderate or severe illness and continue to test positive on a rapid home test with symptoms, you must isolate for 10 days total
*If your child cannot mask completely out of the house, they MUST stay home for 10 days total. This includes children < 2 years old or any school/daycare setting where they may be around others unmasked (including indoor lunch)
FOR EXPOSURE:
Regardless of vaccination status…
- If you stay asymptomatic and have a negative test days 3-5, you are clear
- If you develop symptoms, test immediately or by day 3-5
Oral Covid treatment guidelines (Paxlovid):
o Patients ages 12 and over that weigh 40 kg or more
o Patients who test positive for COVID-19
o Patients who are within 5 days of the onset of symptoms
o Patients who have mild to moderate symptoms
AND
o do not require hospitalization
o are at risk for progression to severe disease based on underlying conditions
- It is taken as 3 pills twice a day for five days
* The full course is required to achieve the benefit of the medication
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Covid-19 Vaccinations:
CDC has updated its guidance for COVID-19 vaccination, including:
Recommendations for use of the 2023–2024 formulations of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine:
- Everyone ages 5 years and older is recommended to receive 1 dose of updated (2023–2024 Formula) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
- Children ages 6 months–4 years
- Initial vaccination: should receive either 2 doses of updated (2023–2024 Formula) Moderna or 3 doses of updated (2023–2024 Formula) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
- Received previous mRNA doses: need 1 or 2 doses of updated (2023–2024 Formula) Moderna or updated (2023–2024 Formula) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, depending on the number of prior doses.
- People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised
- Initial vaccination: should receive a 3-dose series of updated (2023–2024 Formula) Moderna or updated (2023–2024 Formula) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
- Received previous mRNA doses: need 1 or 2 doses of updated (2023–2024 Formula) Moderna or updated (2023–2024 Formula) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, depending on the number of prior doses.
- May receive 1 or more additional updated (2023–2024 Formula) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses.
- Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended in the United States.
