Flu Shots
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Healthcare Works Wellness offers seasonal flu shot clinics and other travel related immunizations for corporations, law firms, Pre-Schools, Elementary Schools, High Schools, Universities, community associations, churches and synagogues just to name a few. We offer clinics seven days a week and provide highly qualified nurses as well as the ancillary products and supplies to ensure a safe and successful vaccination clinic.
Influenza (the flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.
The flu shot is an inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) that is given with a needle, usually in the arm. It contains three seasonal influenza viruses that are grown in eggs. The seasonal flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses. The seasonal flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season.
On February 24, 2010 vaccine experts voted that everyone 6 months and older should get a flu vaccine each year starting with the 2010-2011 influenza season. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted for "universal" flu vaccination in the U.S. to expand protection against the flu to more people. While everyone should get a flu vaccine each flu season, it’s especially important that certain people get vaccinated either because they are at high risk of having serious flu-related complications or because they live with or care for people at high risk for developing flu-related complications.
While everyone should get a flu vaccine each flu season, it’s especially important that the following groups get vaccinated either because they are at high risk of having serious flu-related complications or because they live with or care for people at high risk for developing flu-related complications:
• Pregnant women
• Children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2 years old
• People 50 years of age and older
• People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
• People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
• People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including health care workers, household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu, household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)
Healthcare Work Wellness takes this very seriously and has an intricate flu shot vaccination program for small, medium and large organizations. Our staff will coordinate a clinic for your organization from beginning to end. Our nurses will come to your organization and immunize those who are interested and fit the criteria for the vaccination
The Center for Disease Control urges you to take 3 action steps to protect yourself and others against influenza (the flu):
• Take time to get vaccinated.
• Take every day preventative actions such as hand washing.
• Take flue antiviral drugs if recommended.
In addition to seasonal flu shots, Healthcare Works Wellness also offers Hepatitis A&B, Twinrix, Polio, Typhoid Fever, Rabies, Tetanus, Meningitis, Japanese Encephalitis, Varicella and influenza vaccines.
Please contact a wellness coordinator today at (703) 506-1775 to arrange an event for your organization.