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Pass the word!
Child Care Connections, Maine CDC, VNA Home Health &
Hospice and HomeHealth Visiting Nurses are providing H1N1 vaccination
clinics for preschool children age 6 months through 5 years of age in
Cumberland County.
The Clinics will be open to all children ages 6 months to five years
old, including those that are not involved in the child care community.
Could you please forward the following information to all school
superintendents throughout the county and ask them to please pass it on
to school nurses? I believe the hope is that school nurses may know of
students that have younger siblings who need to be vaccinated. VNA Home
Health and Hospice will be providing these clinics and plan to be at
each location at 8AM, they will need support from local volunteers, so
any help you can provide would be appreciated. (See Martha O'Connor's
contact information below). I hope to be provided with a complete list
of clinic dates and venues soon. I will pass them on to you.
Recognizing that this is short notice, the VNA is doing their best to
immunize the children in Cumberland County. Planning is an ongoing
process.
Thank you,
Lori
Vaccination Clinics for children ages 6 months-five years
*Child Care Connections, Maine CDC, VNA Home Health & Hospice and
HomeHealth Visiting Nurses are providing H1N1 vaccination clinics for
preschool children age 6 months through 5 years of age in Cumberland
County.
* Children who have already received their first dose of H1N1 vaccine
may not receive the second dose until the Maine CDC allows the nurses to
administer the second dose.
* It is recommended that children who have already had a flu-like
illness this fall should still be vaccinated.
* These clinics will be for the first dose of H1N1 vaccine only; no
seasonal flu vaccine will be available.
* Nurses will be bringing the type of vaccine (injectable or
intranasal) that has been shipped to their facility, and will not know
ahead of time what type of vaccine they will have.
* These clinics are for 6mos-5year olds, first dose of H1N1 vaccine.
* Nursing agencies will not know what vaccine (intranasal or
injectable) they will be bringing until the afternoon before each
clinic, but based on child's age and health history will administer the
appropriate vaccine.
* Parents are asked to bring the 2 consent forms (completed) that are
attached so that they will be prepared on the day of the clinic. The
consent forms act as a "ticket" to the clinic.
Clinic Contact Information:
Martha O'Connor
Supervisor of Development and Community Relations
VNA Home Health and Hospice
50 Foden Rd.
South Portland, ME 04106
207-400-8717.
Parents who are concerned that we will not have the vaccine appropriate
for their child's health consideration, they can call Martha O'Connor
the afternoon before the
clinic in their area to determine if the appropriate vaccine will be
available.
Attached to this email message:
Clinic Schedule (to date)
Intranasal H1N1 consent form-print off and give to each child
Injectable H1N1 consent form-print off and give to each child
Vaccine Information Statements for H1N1 Vaccine-print off and give to
each child
Lori J Roth
Assistant Planner
Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency
22 High St.- Unit 1
Windham, ME 04062
207-892-6785
207-892-8617 (fax)
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