To Our Patients:

• All pregnant patients are strongly recommended to go to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department for a H1N1 vaccination. The vaccine will be available free of charge in October. The seasonal flu vaccine is also available, but there is a charge for that vaccine. The address for the health dept: 620 S. 400 E. Suite 400, St. George, UT. You can also contact them at (435) 673-3528.
  
  
• Please do not bring anyone with you to your appointment that is sick, especially with fever or cough. If you, or anyone accompanying you to your appointment, have signs of upper respiratory infection (cough, sneezing, etc), you may be asked to wear a mask in our waiting room.
  
  
• If you have a fever of greater than 100.4, cough, sore throat, or other symptoms of the flu, please do not come into the office or go to labor and delivery (unless you are experiencing pregnancy-related complications.) You may call our nurses line at (435) 628-4969, or go to the Instacare or ER for evaluation.
  
  
• We have installed germicide dispensers in the waiting room and in the check out area and encourage you to use them before and after your doctor’s appointment.
  
  
• In order to reduce the risk of exposure for our healthy patients, we ask that you do not bring more than one person with you to your doctor’s appointments and that you try not to bring your children with you, even if they are well.
  
  
• Dixie Regional Medical Center has issued restrictions for visitors at the 400 E. Campus (labor and delivery, nursery, and post-partum). Please be aware that no children under 14 will be allowed to visit. This includes siblings and other family members. They are also restricting visitors to no more than two visitors at one time. There are dispensers for germicide at all entries to the hospital and any visitors are encouraged to use them. Please adhere to the restrictions at the hospital.
  
  
• If you get sick with flu-like symptoms, please stay home and avoid contact with other people. Cover coughs and sneezes with tissue. Wash your hands often. CDC recommends you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone. (Your fever should be gone without the use of fever-reducing medication, such as Tylenol®.) You should stay home from work, school, travel, shopping, social events and public gatherings.
  

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFLUENZA AND COMMON COLD?

• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath


• Pain or pressure in chest or abdomen


• Sudden dizziness


• Confusion


• Severe or persistent vomiting