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Flu Vaccines - Fall 2025

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:03:04 GMT

Influenza (FLU) Vaccines - Fall 2025

The Flu Vaccine has been very helpful in the prevention of influenza for our patients. We have strongly encouraged all of our patients to get the vaccine each year, and the result has been fewer and/or milder cases of influenza . Last Fall many people decided not to get the Flu Vaccine and the result was a tremendous increase in the number and severity of flu cases and pneumonia, and a doubling of the length of the flu season for both Flu A & B.

In order to vaccinate the greatest number of people safely and efficiently, we will have our annual Flu Clinic that will be held outside on our rear parking lot on Wednesday, October 8 ^th from 5 pm to 7 pm. Appointments are required to attend this clinic - walk-ins will not be accepted. The Clinic is open to our patients and their family members only.

Here is the process:

1) Call the office at 410-795-7300 and make an appointment for all of your family members receiving a flu vaccine. Parents/guardians (nonpatients) who desire to receive a Flu Vaccine themselves will be charged $35 for this service. This must be paid in advance over the phone via credit card. We will keep a list of all nonpatients who requested the vaccine for themselves and completed the payment process. Nonpatients must be in good health for us to provide them with the vaccine.

2) Every person getting the vaccine should wear loose fitting clothing allowing access to injection site in upper arm or upper thigh without removal of clothing.

3) When you come to our parking lot, you will drive up the right side of the building to the 1 ^st orange cone. At that point, you will “check in” and will be directed to an area where you will wait IN YOUR CAR until there is availability at the administration area. At this point, you will be directed to a spot where you will get out of your car and proceed to one of the two doctors administering the vaccine.

4) If possible, please have all children removed from any carriers prior to walking from your car to the actual administration station.

5) Following the vaccination, you will return to your car and exit the parking lot on the opposite side of the building.

KEY POINTS:

· No one should be vaccinated if they are sick or have a fever over 100.4.

· No parent or “nonpatient” will receive the vaccine unless they have prepaid by credit card and we have your name on the “Nonpatient List”.

Appointments for vaccines are also available any time the office is open. IF YOU CAN NOT ATTEND THIS CLINIC, please call the office and let us know when you want to come in for your Flu Vaccine.

Summer News 2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:17:17 GMT

Important Information

We hope everyone is having a good spring and end of the school year.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SCHEDULE ANY NEEDED PHYSICAL EXAMS.

Many of your children need camp, school, employment and sports physicals. We will make every effort to schedule your exam at a time that is convenient for you.

This is also an excellent time to arrange for your child's annual physical exam. Every child 3 years and older should have an annual physical exam. (The children under 3 years old have physicals at months 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 30.)

Even if your child doesn't seem to have any significant physical issues, this is an excellent time to:

Evaluate growth and development
Review school, social, family or behavioral issues
Discuss health care and safety issues
Check for previously unidentified problems
Follow-up existing issues

Call the office at 410-795-7300 to schedule your child's exam.

With the nice weather, more outside time and traveling, a few key safety reminders:

Water safety. Never swim alone. Learn to swim, etc.
Check for ticks.
Safety – grills, mowers, garden sprays, insect stings, etc.
Road & bike safety.
And more which will be addressed at physical exams and on our website……

As always, we are available 24/7 for urgent health care problems.

Expanded New Office Space

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:54:28 GMT

Expanded Office Space

We are happy to announce that in April, 2024 we will be opening our new office space in the Eldersburg Medical Center.

Our Main Office will move down the hall to a much larger office in Suite #201. The waiting room, check-in area and all exam rooms are much larger with great new décor and furnishings. This office will be used for all check-ups, follow-ups, and noninfectious disease encounters.

Our main office for the past 38 years, Suite #205, will become our Acute Care Suite. This office will be used for most acute care potentially infectious encounters. We will no longer be using the first floor office for these visits.

Vaccines & Physicals

Tue, 30 May 2023 17:01:03 GMT

Please remember to schedule any needed physical exams.

Many of your children need camp, school, employment and sports physicals. We will make every effort to schedule your exam at a time that is convenient for you. Day and evening appointments are available.

This is also an excellent time to arrange for your child’s annual physical exam. (Many children skipped regular exams during the past 2 years.) Every child 3 years and older should have an annual physical exam. (The children under 3 years old have physicals at months 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 30.)

Even if your child doesn’t seem to have any significant physical issues, this is an excellent time to:

Evaluate growth and development
Review school, social, family or behavioral issues
Discuss health care and safety issues
Check for previously unidentified problems
Follow-up existing issues

RSV and COVID TESTING

We have a very accurate RSV Tests and COVID Antigen Tests. which The COVID test has comparable results to the PCR and is more accurate than the “home tests”. We will provide in office results in less than an hour. This test is equally acceptable in most circumstances as the PCR COVID test for allowing children to return to school and activities. This will also help in prompt management of children with any potential COVID symptoms – cough, congestion, fever, runny nose, diarrhea, etc.

Call the office at 410-795-7300 to schedule your child’s exam.

New Affiliation

Tue, 30 May 2023 16:59:35 GMT

We have some exciting news!

Carroll Pediatric Center has joined a large group of independent top notch Pediatric practices in the Maryland, Virginia, DC area. This group was started five years ago by several independent Pediatric practices which wanted to protect their ability to provide the type of care Pediatricians know is best for the well-being of children, and at the same time receive assistance with billing, human resource management, purchasing, and many other areas.

We will remain Carroll Pediatric Center with the same name, providers, staff, and office.

With this change, probably the only thing you will notice will be that the Trusted Doctors logo will sometimes be with the CPC logo, and there will be a change in your billing invoices. The new billing invoices will note Trusted Doctors as the billing entity. Please do not discard or ignore these invoices as they are from Carroll Pediatric Center but just coming from a different address and entity. You will continue to receive bills from Carroll Pediatric Center addressing any dates of service prior to May 1, 2023. Again, please do not discard or ignore these invoices as we will need to complete our billing cycle ourselves up through that date.

If you have any questions about this change, please contact Mandy or Kathy at Carroll Pediatric Center.

Thanks for entrusting us with the care of your children.