Stop the spread of Germs
at Home, Work or School
Kenosha VNA Office
600 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, Kenosha
Monday thru Friday from 8:30a - 6:00p
(closed Labor Day)
Cost:
Seasonal Flu Shots $27
Flu Mist: $30
Pneumonia Shots: $60
Cash, Check, Mastercard, Visa
or Medicare Part B accepted
Seasonal Flu Vaccinations: Who… When… Why
All people 6 months of age and older should get a flu shot (KVNA provides flu shots to adults and children age 3 years and older). Vaccination is especially important or people at higher risk of severe influenza and their close contacts, including health care workers and close contacts of children younger than 6 months.
Infants, the elderly, pregnant women and people with certain health conditions—such as heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes or a weakened immune system—can get much sicker. Flu can cause high fever and pneumonia and make existing medical conditions worse. Kenosha VNA requires a doctor’s prescription to vaccinate pregnant women.
Getting the vaccine as soon as it is available will provide protection if the flu season comes early. Influenza (the flu) can come at any time, but most influenza occurs from November through May. In recent seasons, most infections have occurred in January and February. It takes up to 2 weeks for full protection to develop after getting a shot. Protection lasts about a year.
Adults and older children need one dose of flu vaccine each year. But some children younger than 9 years need two doses to be protected.
Influenza is a contagious disease. It is caused by the influenza virus, which can be spread by coughing, sneezing or nasal secretions. Everyone needs a flu shot to protect themselves and to avoid spreading influenza to others.
What about H1N1?
The 2010-2011 influenza vaccine provides protection against A/H1N1 (pandemic) influenza and two other viruses—influenza A/H3N2 and influenza B. It will not prevent illness caused by other viruses.
People who got the 2009 H1N1 (pandemic) influenza vaccine, or had pandemic flu in 2009, should still get the 2010-2011 seasonal influenza vaccine.
Flu Mist
Flu Mist will be available at some community sites, in limited quantities. Those interested are encouraged to come to the Kenosha VNA office during regular clinic hours.
Flu Mist is a live, attenuated influenza vaccine. It contains a live but “weakened” influenza virus and is sprayed into the nostrils. Flu Mist does not contain thimerosal or other preservatives.
Flu Mist is not recommended for everyone. It may be only be given to healthy people age 2 through 49, who are not pregnant and do not have certain health conditions.
You may NOT receive the Flu Mist vaccine if:
- You are 50 years of age or older
- You are a child age 6 months through 23 months
- You are a child younger than 5 years with asthma or one or more episodes of wheezing within the past year
- You are pregnant
- You have long-term health problems with—heart disease, lung disease, asthma, kidney or liver disease, metabolic disease such as diabetes, anemia and other blood disorders
- You have certain muscle or nerve disorders (such as seizure disorders or cerebral palsy) that can lead to breathing or swallowing problems
- You have a history of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- You have a weakened immune system
- You are in close contact with someone who immune system is so weak that they require care in a protected environment
- You are a child or adolescent on long-term aspirin therapy
For more information, visit the CDC’s website at http://www.cdc.gov/flu
Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccinations
Pneumococcal disease is caused by Steptococcus pneumonia bacteria. It is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness and death in the US. Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but some people are at greater risk than others: people 65 years and older, the very young, people with certain health problems, people with a weakened immune system, smokers. Pneumococcal pneumonia kills about 1 out of 20 people who get it.
Immunizations are recommended for anyone over the age of 65 and people with certain health problems such as alcoholism, heart or lung disease, kidney failure, diabetes, certain types of cancer and people with a weakened immune system due to illnesses such as HIV infection, Hodgkin’s disease or multiple myeloma.
If given at age 65 or older, usually one dose of pneumonia vaccine is all that is needed. However, under some circumstances a second dose may be given 5 or more years after the first dose.
A second dose is recommended for those people age 65 or older who received their first vaccination when they were under 65, and if 5 years have passed or for anyone who has the following problems: damaged spleen, sickle-cell disease, HIV infection, cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, kidney failure, organ transplant or are taking medication to lower immunity.
Medicare will only pay for a second pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination if more than 5 years has passed since a claim was paid for a previous vaccination.
Flu Shots at Your Workplace
A recent study* found that adult influenza vaccinations:
*Decreased the number of work days missed by 18%
*Decreased the number of less effective work days by 18%
*Decreased the number of provider visits by 13%
Holding an onsite clinic means that employees do not need to take time off to visit their doctor or an outside clinic for immunization. In fact, research shows that up to 45% of employees surveyed would be more likely to obtain a flu shot if it were available at a flu shot clinic in their workplace.
Kenosha VNA can provide onsite flu clinics for all shifts. We will also provide posters, handouts and other education to help make employees aware of the need for an annual flu shot.
Flu season usually peaks between December and March. The best time to vaccinate at work is October and November. For more information or to schedule an onsite clinic at your workplace,
call Judy at 262-656-8400.
*Nichol; Mallon; Mendelman; (2003) “Cost benefit of influenza vaccination in healthy, working adults: An economic analysis based on the results of a clinical trial of trivalent live attenuated influenza virus vaccine” Vaccine, vol 21,
pp. 2207-2217.
Stop the Spread of Germs
from the Centers for Disease Control
How Germs Spread
The main way that illnesses like colds and flu are spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes. This is called "droplet spread."
This can happen when droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air and are deposited on the mouth or nose of people nearby. Sometimes germs also can be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches his or her own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands. We know that some viruses and bacteria can live 2 hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks.
How to Stop the Spread of Germs
In a nutshell:
Cover your mouth and nose
Clean your hands often
Remind your children to practice healthy habits, too
Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing
Cough or sneeze into a tissue and then throw it away. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
The "Happy Birthday" song helps keep your hands clean?
Not exactly. Yet we recommend that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. That's about the same time it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice!
Alcohol-Based Hand Wipes and Gel Sanitizers Work Too
When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.
For more information, visit the CDC’s web site at www.cdc.gov/germstopper
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600 52nd Street, Suite 300
Kenosha, WI 53140
262 656 8400