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Aug 19, 2009 6:29 pm US/Mountain
A child get flu mist at the Boulder Medical Center Pediatrics Office.
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Friday is the deadline for health providers to get on a statewide registry and request the H1N1 vaccine. Providers who don't get on the list will not receive the vaccine and health officials are concerned that many the providers are not getting the message; including some hospitals and college health clinics.
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As of Wednesday, only 100 providers were on the registry. Health officials say the longer it takes providers to sign up, the longer it will take to distribute the vaccine.
"We need to have them all in the centralized registry so we can track, not only the doses given, but any adverse reactions," said Gina Bare, Boulder County Infection Control Nurse.
At the Boulder Medical Center Pediatrics Office, they are prepared for an early and severe flu season. Outside the office, they have masks for sick children. Inside, they are already giving seasonal flu mist to children who are still well.
Dr. Stephen Fries, a Boulder pediatrician, thinks it will be a long flu season.
"Working until 6:30 to 7:30 at night. Having a lot of kids in the hospital; having kids who need to be hospitalized who can't get into beds," Fries said.
Fries says they have already seen random cases of H1N1 throughout the summer. He predicts an outbreak within a few weeks of school starting again, which is long before a vaccine will arrive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says mid-October is the earliest the vaccine will be ready. Much less doses will available than originally expected.
"The initial vaccine, we want to use for the sickest kids and the highest risk kids first," Fries said.
Fries says his office has stocked up on extra supplies and hired extra staff to work flu shot clinics. His office is prepared to close except to H1N1 patients if the outbreak is severe.
Health officials say that even if the vaccine arrives in mid-October, people need two shots over the course of two-to-three weeks, and then another couple weeks before immunity kicks in.
http://cbs4denver.com/local/swine.fl...2.1135991.html
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A child get flu mist at the Boulder Medical Center Pediatrics Office.
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Friday is the deadline for health providers to get on a statewide registry and request the H1N1 vaccine. Providers who don't get on the list will not receive the vaccine and health officials are concerned that many the providers are not getting the message; including some hospitals and college health clinics.
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As of Wednesday, only 100 providers were on the registry. Health officials say the longer it takes providers to sign up, the longer it will take to distribute the vaccine.
"We need to have them all in the centralized registry so we can track, not only the doses given, but any adverse reactions," said Gina Bare, Boulder County Infection Control Nurse.
At the Boulder Medical Center Pediatrics Office, they are prepared for an early and severe flu season. Outside the office, they have masks for sick children. Inside, they are already giving seasonal flu mist to children who are still well.
Dr. Stephen Fries, a Boulder pediatrician, thinks it will be a long flu season.
"Working until 6:30 to 7:30 at night. Having a lot of kids in the hospital; having kids who need to be hospitalized who can't get into beds," Fries said.
Fries says they have already seen random cases of H1N1 throughout the summer. He predicts an outbreak within a few weeks of school starting again, which is long before a vaccine will arrive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says mid-October is the earliest the vaccine will be ready. Much less doses will available than originally expected.
"The initial vaccine, we want to use for the sickest kids and the highest risk kids first," Fries said.
Fries says his office has stocked up on extra supplies and hired extra staff to work flu shot clinics. His office is prepared to close except to H1N1 patients if the outbreak is severe.
Health officials say that even if the vaccine arrives in mid-October, people need two shots over the course of two-to-three weeks, and then another couple weeks before immunity kicks in.
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