SLVHD 2005 Flu Vaccination Clinic

Information

•  In an effort to avoid the usual clinic congestion, and fatigue and exhaustion of both clients and staff, Salt Lake Valley Health Department will be using a new approach for flu vaccination clinics this year. Flu shots will only be available at three prescheduled flu clinics. Influenza vaccine will not be available in the regular SLVHD public health clinics.

•  For the 2005-06 influenza season, the SLVHD prescheduled flu vaccination clinics will take place only on the following dates:

Saturday, October 15 th   9:00 am to 4:00 pm ( for high risk individuals only )

Saturday, October 29 th  9:00 am to 4:00 pm (general population)

Saturday, November 5 th   9:00 am to 4:00 pm (general population)

•  These flu vaccination clinics will be held at the Salt Lake County Government Center at 2001 South State Street on the main floor of the South Building . Those wishing to receive a flu vaccine should use the north east entrance.

•  High-risk individuals include: children 6-23 months of age, everyone 65 years of age or older, residents of long-term care facilities, people with chronic health problems (such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, asthma, lung disease, or anemia), people with weakened immune systems, women who will be pregnant during the flu season, health care workers, and household contacts and out-of-home caretakers of infants six months and younger.

•  Those people who do not have any contraindications to receiving the live virus vaccine should take advantage of obtaining FluMist. It is licensed for people 5-49 years of age and will be available in SLVHD public health clinics (Salt Lake City Clinic, South Main Clinic, Southeast Clinic, and the Ellis R. Shipp Clinic and the cost is $29.00) while supplies last.

•  There will be no County employee vaccination dates offered this year. County employees are encouraged to participate in one of the three prescheduled flu vaccination clinics at the Government Center .

•  These flu vaccination clinics will also serve as exercises for the SLVHD emergency preparedness and mass vaccination plans, and serve to enhance community awareness of the public health role in any public health crisis.

•  During the three prescheduled flu vaccine clinics, SLVHD will also offer the new Tdap vaccine (Boostrix, Adacel) to help stop the progression of pertussis (whooping cough) in our community.

•  For the first time, SLVHD will utilize a new technology known as BioJector (a needle free system) to administer vaccines at the prescheduled flu vaccine clinics.

•  Health officials also recommend that those clients who are in a high risk category should receive the pneumonia vaccination. The cost of the pneumonia shot is $31.00. People who have received the pneumonia shot after the age of 65 do not need additional doses.