🦠 Pertussis Outbreak and Optional DPT Vaccination (Updated July 15)💉
Whooping Cough Outbreak and Optional Whooping Cough Vaccination (Updated 7/15) 🟡 "Whooping cough," characterized by severe coughing fits, primarily affects children [...]
🟣 Change in Afternoon Consultation Hours Due to Infant Health Checkups
Starting April 2024 (Reiwa 6), infant health checkups (18-month and 3-year checkups) will be changed to a group format. The venue will be Akita City [...]
🏥 If needed, we offer prescriptions for topical and oral medications during your child’s health checkup or vaccination visit.
During regular check-ups for infants at 4, 7, and 10 months, as well as vaccinations such as the 5-in-1 and Hepatitis B vaccine, we also conduct regular consultations simultaneously [...]
🧪 Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection – A Note to Our Patients
🟠To more reliably detect pathogens, we collect nasopharyngeal swabs. As shown in the figure below, along the floor of the nasal cavity from the front of the external nostril [...]
🧪 Installation of BioFire® SpotFire® Multiplex PCR System
🟢 We have introduced the fully automated genetic analyzer BioFire® SpotFire®. This system is a simultaneous multiplex PCR testing device […]