Novel H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)
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Message from the Wellness Center
Fourth H1N1 Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, November 12
Update: 11.11.09
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Loyola Students,
The Wellness Center will hold a student-only H1N1 vaccine clinic on Thursday, November 12, from 9 a.m. to Noon in Bremner Lounge, CFSU. Vaccines will be distributed to Loyola students who fit into at least one of the high-risk groups listed below. All vaccines will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no charge for the vaccine; however, a Loyola student ID is required.
High-Risk Groups:
- Pregnant women have a high complication risk from the H1N1 virus and can potentially provide protection to a developing infant who cannot be vaccinated. They are therefore a high priority group. However, pregnant women must bring a note from their physician recommending that they be vaccinated against H1N1.
- Household contacts and caregivers of children younger than 6 months of age are a priority because younger infants have a higher complication risk from influenza and cannot be vaccinated.
- Health care and emergency services workers who are students (including Loyola nursing students in a clinical rotation and members of LUCEMS) with direct patient contact are a priority because they could potentially infect vulnerable patients. All forms needed by health care workers to verify vaccination must be brought to the clinic and will only be signed at that time.
- All students, 24 and younger, are a priority because many cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza have affected healthy young adults who often live, work, and study in close proximity. They are also a frequently mobile population. A Loyola student under 18 years of age must have parental consent to receive the vaccination.
- Students, ages 25 through 64 with chronic medical conditions, should be vaccinated because underlying conditions can increase the risk of complications from influenza. Moving forward, please take advantage of the H1N1 vaccine from other sources if it becomes available to you. While the Wellness Center expects to receive more H1N1 vaccine, we cannot be certain.
Future H1N1 and regular seasonal flu vaccine updates will be sent by special broadcast e-mail if/when more vaccines are made available. We are committed to getting the vaccine to you as soon as possible after its arrival. Please note that H1N1 vaccines will only be distributed at designated flu clinics; please do not call the Wellness Center for H1N1 vaccine appointments, as center hours have been reserved for responding to sick patients.
We appreciate your patience throughout this process.
Sincerely,
Diane Asaro, MSN, RN, BC
Director, Wellness Center
H1N1 Vaccine Update for Faculty and Staff
Update: 11.10.09
Loyola Community,
Human Resources is committed to providing the H1N1 vaccine to faculty and staff members; however, because we must follow the federal government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention distribution guidelines, we are currently unable to provide an exact date when the vaccine will be made available to our employees. In the meantime, if you fit into a high-risk category (see www.cdc.gov), or have been exposed to H1N1, you should consider contacting your physician or the Chicago Department of Public Health to request information about how to receive the H1N1 vaccine.
When the H1N1 vaccine is made available to Loyola, another special broadcast e-mail message will be sent out and will include information about any on-campus vaccination clinics scheduled.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Human Resources at 312.915.6175.
Sincerely,
Carolyn M. Wright
Director of Benefits and Compensation
Resources
Click here for information on Free Flu shots and H1N1 Educational Sessions for Faculty and staff.
Click here to read the CDC's full update.
Click here to read CDC's Campaigns
Click here to read Vaccination Recommendations
Click here to read the Flu Pandemic Course Considerations for Faculty