PRACTICE INFORMATION

Practice Information

All office visits are by appointment. Our goal is see your sick child on the day that you call our office, however there could be times we cannot meet this goal due to the high volume of sick children in the fall/winter months. Well check up appointments can be made in advance. The Saturday hours are for sick child visits only and are not scheduled in advance. If your child is needing immunizations only and is current on their well visits you may call the office and schedule a nurse only visit. The nurse only visits are scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 9:00am-12:00pm and 2:00pm-4:00pm. We schedule nurse only visits to help avoid long waiting times but please remember that our nurses are also assisting the physicians and patients in the office.

Prior to your first visit send us a copy of your child's immunization record and medical history. Please bring your insurance card to every visit.

Check-up Schedule:

• 1 Month--- Check-up; Repeat PKU (State Newborn Screen)
• 1 Month--- Check-up; Hepatitis B Vaccine
• 2 Months--- Check-up; Pentacel/Prevnar/Rotavirus Vaccines
• 4 Months--- Check-up; Pentacel/Prevnar/Rotavirus Vaccines
• 6 Months--- Check-up; Pentacel/Prevnar/Rotavirus
• 9 Months--- Check-up; Hepatitis B Vaccine/Vision/Lead Screens; Hematocrit (blood test for anemia)
• 1 Year--- Check-up; Prevnar/Varicella/MMR Vaccines
• 15 Months--- Check-up; Hepatitis A Vaccines
• 18 Months--- Check-up; Pentacel Vaccine
• 2 Years--- Check-up; Hepatitis A Vaccine
• 3 Years--- Check-up; Vision Screen
  4 Years--- Check-up; DTaP/Polio/MMR/Varicella Vaccines
• 5 Years--- Check-up; Vaccines not recieved at 4 years of age
• 6 Years and older---Annual Check-up to include recommended immunizations or boosters as needed.

This summarizes the basic procedures that each well child visit includes. The height and weight will also be measured and you will receive a note card that has your child's measurements on it.

At all check-ups, you will receive hand-outs regarding Well Child Care and Normal Development. You will discuss with your child's doctor how your child's growth compares with other children his/her age.

Your child's doctor will remind you when your child's next check-up should be at each well child visit. Please don't hesitate to contact us at Mayfair if you have any questions.

Immunizations:

• Hepatitis B - protects against serious liver diseases.
• Rotavirus - protects against the most common cause of diarrhea and vomiting in infants and young children.
• DTaP - protects against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough).
• Tdap - protects teens and adults from tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis.
• Hib - protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b (a major cause of spinal meningitis).
• Varicella - protects against chickenpox and its many complications including flesh-eating strep, staph toxic shock, and encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain).
• MMR - protects against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).
• Hepatitis A - protects against serious liver diseases.
• Pneumococcal - protects against bacterial meningitis and infections of the blood.
• Influenza - protects against flu.
• Meningococcal - protects against very serious bacterial diseases that affect the blood, brain, and spinal cord.
• HPV (human papillomavirus) - For girls and women to protect against the viruses that cause genital warts or that may cause cervical cancer.

For more information about your child's immunizations visit the American Academy of Pediatrics website.

Well Child Visits and Immunizations

Well child visits and immunizations are a critical part of keeping your child healthy. At these visits your pediatrician will not only be looking for signs of illness or disease, but we also want to ensure that your child's development is appropriate for his or her age. We welcome your questions about your child's illnesses, diet, development, behavior and any other concerns.

Usually our well child visits are scheduled for age 1 week, 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, and 2 years. We continue to see children on a yearly basis until age 6 and every year thereafter until age 18. More frequent routine examinations might be necessary for children with chronic diseases or on daily medications.

Immunizations are typically coordinated with well child visits and are a very important part of preventative care. These vaccines help prevent a number of potentially serious and life-threatening diseases. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends vaccines on a particular schedule. The most current recommendations can be found by clicking the “FAQs and Resources” tab in the top right corner under the search bar.

Well child visits are scheduled by appointment only during our regular office hours: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday- Friday. We allow more time for our well child visits so that there will be plenty of time for you to discuss any questions you have about your child's health and development. However, if you have special concerns you wish to discuss at check-up time please alert our staff when you schedule your appointment so we can schedule adequate time for your visit.

Sick Visits

We see patients by scheduled appointments only. Receptionists begin answering phone calls at 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and will schedule appointments between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. We are also open on Saturday mornings for acute medical problems from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. We start answering the phone at 8:30 a.m. on Saturdays.

Please note, you may be charged a $25 no-show fee for any appointments that you miss without calling to cancel within 4 hours of your scheduled appointment time.

Prescription Refills.

Prescription refills can be requested by calling our office during regular office hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday), 205-870-1273. All refill requests must be reviewed by your child’s physician to determine if the refill is medically appropriate and/or if your child is up-to-date on required physical or medical management exams. We do request 24 hours to process all prescription requests. Refills for certain classes of medications cannot  be sent directly to your pharmacy and must be printed and physically signed by your child’s physician. These prescriptions must be picked up at our office.”