Tiny Oaks Pediatrics

 Public Health Ontario

https://www.ontario.ca/page/vaccines

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/immunization/static/immunization_tool.htmlCanadian

Immunization Guide

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/canadian-immunization-guide.htmlNational

Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci.html 

Grade 7 vaccines

 (Hepatitis B, HPV and Meningococcal-C-ACYW135)

 We now carry a stock of those vaccines

 Grade 8 students who missed their second dose of HB and HPV due to the Covid19 Pandemic and Grade 7 students eligible for Meningococcal-ACYW135, HB, and HPV may receive these vaccines at our office.  In order to get those vaccines you have to call the office to book an appointment, have the date when your child received his/her first doses of those vaccines. If you don't have this information please go to https://hrhd.icon.ehealthontario.ca/#!/welcome with yours child's health card on hand,  print a copy of the vaccination record, and send it to us.  Without this information your doctor will not be able to administer yours child vaccine.

Influenza is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza A and B viruses and can cause mild to severe illness, which can result in hospitalization or death.  Although most people will recover fully from influenza infection in 7–10 days, certain populations, such as young children, older adults, and those with chronic health conditions, may be at higher risk for serious influenza complications such as viral pneumonia, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and worsening of underlying medical conditions. 

• Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza and its complications. Vaccinated individuals who are protected from influenza will not pass infection to others. 
• Annual vaccination is required because the specific strains in the vaccine are reviewed each year by WHO and are often changed to provide a better match against the viruses expected to circulate in that given year, and because the body’s immune response to influenza vaccination is transient and may not persist beyond a year.

Vaccine products available for the 2023-2024 influenza season:

For patients ages 6 months and older

 Quadrivalent inactivated injectable influenza vaccine - IIV4-SD 

(QIV - FluLaval®Tetra or Fluzone Quadrivalent® )

IIV4-SD is contraindicated for patients who have had severe reaction to influenza vaccine in the past, severe egg allergy, history of Oculorespiratory Syndrome with respiratory symptoms, or  Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

• Children 6 months to less than 9 years of age, who have NOT been previously immunized with influenza vaccine in their life, should be given 2 doses of influenza vaccine at least 4 weeks apart.
• Children 6 months to less than 9 years of age, who have been previously immunized with at least one dose of influenza vaccine in their life, should receive 1 dose of influenza vaccine.
• Individuals 9 years of age and older should receive 1 dose of influenza vaccine.

NOTE:  Live attenuated influenza vaccine - LAIV4 

(FluMist® - intranasal spray)

is not available this season.