Pediatrics West offers COVID and Flu vaccines through both individual appointments and at vaccine clinics.
Flu/ COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics are open at Pediatrics West. his year, we will be offering BOTH Flu vaccine AND COVID-19 vaccine at our two large Saturday. The dates for our Saturday clinics will be, October 12th 2024 and November 16th 2024 at our Wheat Ridge location.
There will be NO Urgent Care Clinic on either of these dates.
Along with our two large Saturday clinics, we will also be offering various nurse visits throughout the week at both locations. For your convenience, we will be offering Flu vaccine to parents and caregivers for a self-pay fee of $30. We are not able to bill insurance for parents. We will not be offering COVID-19 vaccine to parents due to limited supply.
IMPORTANT SCHEDULING INFORMATION:
- We are utilizing MyChart to schedule your vaccine appointments as this will help with decrease wait times when calling the office.
- Only schedule one appointment per child. Flu and COVID-19 vaccines are two separate injections but only need one appointment per child.
- In the appointment note, please indicate which vaccines you would like your child to receive AND how many parents will be receiving flu, for example:
- FLU ONLY (plus how many parents for Flu)
- COVID-19 ONLY
- BOTH FLU AND COVID (plus how many parents for Flu)
This information is required to ensure that we have enough vaccine on hand for your child.
Click here to schedule your Flu/ COVID-19 appointment via MyChart.
Patients must be at least 6 months of age to receive flu vaccine. We are not able to accommodate walk-ins. Please schedule via MyChart or by calling our office at 720-284-3700.
CONSENT FORMS need to be completed for both FLU and COVID-19 vaccines and brought to your appointment.
https://www.pediatricswest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/COVID-CONSENT.pdf
https://www.pediatricswest.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PediatricsWest_FluConsentForm_2021.pdf
COVID-19 Vaccine update
Pediatrics West will be offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine presentation for all age groups 6mths and over for the 2024-2025 season.
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2023–2024 Formula) is authorized for children ages 6 months–11 years; SPIKEVAX is the licensed Moderna product for people ages 12 years and older. These vaccines are hereafter referred to as updated (2024–2025 Formula) Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.
Updated (2024–2025 Formula) mRNA vaccines :
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Children ages 6 months–4 years who are unvaccinated are recommended to receive 2 or 3 homologous (i.e., from the same manufacturer) updated (2023–2024 Formula) mRNA vaccine doses, depending on vaccine manufacturer.
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Children ages 6 months–4 years who previously received Original monovalent or bivalent mRNA vaccine doses are recommended to complete the vaccination series with 1 or 2 homologous updated (2024–2025 Formula) mRNA vaccine doses, depending on vaccine manufacturer and the number of previous vaccine doses. Children in this age group who received all doses in the initial vaccination series should receive 1 dose of a homologous updated (2024–2025 Formula) mRNA vaccine.
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People ages 5 years and older who are unvaccinated or previously received any number of Original monovalent or bivalent mRNA vaccine doses are recommended to receive 1 dose of an updated (2024–2025 Formula) mRNA vaccine from either manufacturer.
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People ages 12 years and older who previously received 1 or more doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine or Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine, including those who also received any mRNA vaccine dose(s), are recommended to receive 1 dose of an updated (2024–2025 Formula) mRNA vaccine from either manufacturer.
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The Flu Vaccine & Your Child
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