I work at a school for autistic children that has several group homes. Once a month we have the PCP for these children come to perform their annual physicals. This month I have two patients that the physician has ordered annual flu vaccines for and a varicella vaccine, we do not have a private pharmacy.
My dilemma is finding a pharmacy that will fill these and either deliver them to the school or allow us to pick them up. I have found pharmacies that at least have the flu vaccine in stock that I can pick up, but with the varicella vaccine I have had no luck finding it anywhere and the Mass. DPH will not receive a shipment until January.
These students are autistic and it is very difficult to bring them out to a separate doctor's appointment just to receive a vaccine. Any ideas where I can find varicella vaccines?
I think she meant that the ordering physician...if he has an office...that they might have the varicella vaccine on hand, @ HIS office, that he could supply. ---understanding that you aren't wanting to take them there. or, maybe I read that wrong. just an idea. ;->
That's what I meant :) I understand the difficulty in taking these children to an office for services that can be provided in the home setting. I just wondered if the doctor couldn't bring the doses himself (properly stored and transported, of course.)
Jolie, BSN
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That's what I meant :) I understand the difficulty in taking these children to an office for services that can be provided in the home setting. I just wondered if the doctor couldn't bring the doses himself (properly stored and transported, of course.)