Herrin Pediatric Clinic

WELL ADOLESCENT VISITS (PRE-ADOLESCENCE AND ADOLESCENCE)

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9 &10 Year Visits: Annual Checkup

11 – 12 Year Visits: Physical checkup, Tdap [booster every 10 years], Menactra, Varivax #2 [if not received previously & no history of disease ], Urinalysis

13 – 18 year old: Annual Checkup & Physical HPV Series [optional, but recommended] 3 in series — #1, 2 months later give #2, 6 months from #1 – give #3

* FLU vaccine is recommended annually [Oct – Feb] for all patients 6 months and older. FluMist is also available for Patients 2 years and older.*

IMMUNIZATION ABBREVIATIONS:

 DTaP – Diphtheria, Tetanus. Acellular pertussis     

IPV – Inactivated Polio Virus

 Pentacel – Dtap, HiB, IPV       Rotateq  -- rotavirus    
 Pediarix - Dtap, HBV, IPV       HBV - Hepatitis B Vaccine    
 MMR - Measles, Mumps, & Rubella     Tb -tuberculin skin test     
 VARIVAX – Varicella [Chickenpox]        Flu vaccine [influenza] - shot or mist   
 HPV – Human Papillomavirus Vaccine      Proquad – MMR / Varicella (4 year visit)  

 Prevnar-13 – Pneumococcal Conjugate     Tdap - Diphtheria Pertussis Toxoid Conjugate     
 Menactra – Meningococcal Polysaccharide      
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