Vaccinations At Urgent Care Centre, Dearborn
Vaccinations are a protective shield that helps to keep communities safe. These are one of the most cost-effective means of taking global welfare a step ahead. That’s why we offer Vaccinations at Urgent Care Centre Dearborn, MI ensure your health by providing vaccination facilities.
Vaccinations are one of the great ways to reduce diseases worldwide. This is especially true as far as children are concerned. Vaccinations have reduced childhood mortality and morbidity for over two centuries by minimizing the incidence of measles and polio worldwide while eradicating smallpox. The result is healthier children with stronger immunity.
Childhood Vaccination
Vaccinations Centre Dearborn MI is no less than a blessing for the parents. Because parents need to vaccinate their children as per recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They can get vaccinated from any Vaccinations Centre or any pediatrician, according to the vaccination schedule.
Following are the routine vaccines for children and adolescents. These Vaccinations include:
1. Hepatitis-A Vaccinations
This Vaccination is available at Vaccination Centre Dearborn. Two doses are given, the first between 12-23 months of age and the second dose 6 months after the first dose.
2. Hepatitis-B Vaccinations
The first dose of this vaccine is given to newborns soon after birth or before they get discharged from the hospital. The second dose is at the age of 1-2 months and the third one is at the age of 6-18 months. This is also available at Vaccination Centre Dearborn.
3. Rotavirus Vaccinations
There are two different vaccines for Rotavirus. One has its first dose at the age of 2 months and the second dose at 4 months. The other vaccine has its first dose at 2 months, second at 4 months, and third at 6 months. You can get this from Vaccination Centre Dearborn.
4. Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) vaccine
There are two types of vaccinations in use for Hib, with one vaccine, the first dose is given at the age of 2 months, the second dose at 4 months, and the third at 12-15 months of age. In the other vaccine, the first two doses are the same, given at 2 and 4 months of age, while the third at 6 months and the fourth dose at 12-15 months of age. It is available at Vaccination Centre in Dearborn.
5. Poliovirus vaccine
Poliovirus Vaccine has four doses, the first at 2 months, the second at 4 months, the third at 6-8 months, and the fourth at the age of 4-6 years.
6. Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
Children under the age of 7 receive five doses of this DTaP vaccine. The first dose is at the age of 2 months, the second at 4 months, the third at 6 months, the fourth at 15-18 months, and the fifth dose at the age of 4-6 years. Then followed by one booster of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) at 11-12 years of age. You can also get this from Vaccination Centre Dearborn.
7. Pneumococcal vaccine
Pneumococcal Vaccine has four doses, the first of which infants receive at 2 months of age, the second at 4 months, the third at 6 months, and the fourth at 12-15 months.
8. Meningococcal vaccine
Meningococcal vaccine also has two doses, the first is given at the age of 11-12 years, second at the age of 16 years. It is also available at Vaccination Centre in Dearborn.
9. Influenza vaccine
Influenza Vaccine also known as the flu vaccine, is available in two types. Children from the age of 6 months to 8 years should receive two doses of flu vaccine at least 4 weeks apart. After that booster doses every year. You can get this vaccine from our Vaccination Centre in Dearborn.
10. Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine:
This vaccine has two doses, first given at the age of 12-15 months and second at the age of 4-6 years.
11. Chickenpox (Varicella) vaccine:
Like MMR, the chickenpox vaccine also has the same schedule with the first dose at 12-15 months of age and the second at 4-6 years.
12. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
The recommended age for routine vaccination of HPV is 11-12(average age: 9 years). It is given in two to three doses. Those who receive the first dose between the ages of 9 and 14 are given two doses separated by at least 5 months. Those who receive this vaccination at the age of 15 or older should receive 3 doses. The second dose is at least 1 month after the first, and the third one is 5 months after the first dose.
13. COVID-19 vaccination
After the COVID-19 epidemic, it’s now recommended to get your children immunized. There are different vaccines available for them. Pfizer-BioNTech is given to children between the ages of 6 months and 15 years. Also, it’s safe to use for individuals 16 years and older. The Moderna vaccine is approved for children between 6 months and 17 years of age. The Novavax vaccine is used for people 12 years of age and older. Covid-19 Vaccines are also available at Vaccination Centre in Dearborn.
Emergency Immunization
If you sustain an injury, you may need a tetanus booster in addition to the ones you received as a child. Booster shots are recommended every 10 years. If you had the initial five doses of tetanus vaccination in your childhood and got a recent injury within 10 years of your last shot, you may not require any immunization and vice versa.
Wrapping It Up
Our healthcare providers and Vaccinations expert at Urgent Care Centre Dearborn facilitate you in getting different vaccinations. Also, if your doctor is not available to see you for everyday conditions that can’t wait for treatment, we can facilitate it here. We can give immunization shots for tetanus, TD (tetanus and diphtheria), and influenza.