COVID-19

  • 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.

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