Are you eligible for the H1N1 vaccine?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends conditions be placed on those who can be vaccinated first against H1N1 flu.
Bellin Health is now vaccinating those patients who are the most vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, including:

  • Pregnant women
  • Persons who live with or provide care for infants age 6 months or younger (examples: parents, siblings, daycare providers)
  • Health care and emergency medical services personnel who have direct contact with patients or infectious material
  • Children aged 6 months-4 years
  • Children and adolescents aged 5-18 years who have chronic medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications

Please call (920) 445-7313 or call your regular Bellin Health Family Medical Center to schedule an appointment. Vaccine supplies are limited and will be dispensed by appointment only and on a first-come, first-served basis.

21
Dec
2009
Bellin Offers H1N1/Seasonal Flu Clinic
H1N1
Monday, December 21, 2009 02:32 PM

Bellin Health Family Medical Center De Pere-East will host an H1N1/seasonal flu clinic on Monday, Dec. 28 through Thursday, Dec. 31.

The clinic comes on the heels of the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s decision to offer H1N1 flu vaccine to the general public as well as initially targeted, high-risk populations – children, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also encourages health care providers to open up vaccination to anyone who wants it.

Bellin’s H1N1/seasonal flu clinic – to be held at 555 Red Bird Circle, De Pere – will take place on:

• Monday, Dec. 28: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 29: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 30: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 31: 7 a.m.-12 p.m.

The vaccination clinic is open to the public, however, appointments are necessary.

Nationally, influenza activity continues to decline and visits to doctors for influenza-like illness and flu-associated hospitalizations are slowing as well, according to the CDC. Even so, vaccination against H1N1 and seasonal flu is vital, said Ellen Roy, an infection preventionist at Bellin Health.

“It’s the most reliable way we know to prevent infection against both types of influenza,” she said. “We offer injections and nasal versions of the H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines.”

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call (920) 445-7313.

 

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