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This week's LCDPH flu
fact
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[December
02, 2009]
The Logan County Department of Public
Health reminds parents to bring children in for their second dose of
the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine. In order for the H1N1 influenza vaccine
to be fully effective in children under 10, a second dose must be
administered. The recommended interval between the first and second
dose is four weeks. The second dose can be given any time after the
28th day. Parents should not feel that they must get the second dose
for their child on the 28th day.
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The H1N1 flu vaccine continues to be
available to only the following priority groups:
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Pregnant women with
a doctor's order.
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People who live
with or care for children younger than 6 months of age.
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Health care and
emergency medical services personnel with direct patient
contact.
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Children 6 months
through 24 years of age.
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Anyone 25 through 64 years old with an
underlying health condition, excluding hypertension.
Influenza vaccines can be obtained through walk-in clinic hours
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., or on the HOPE Mobile
during its regularly scheduled stops.
To help reduce the spread of
influenza, remember the three "C's":
your
hands frequently with warm soap and water or an alcohol-based
hand gel.
COVER your
cough or sneeze with a tissue or use your elbow, not your hands.
CONTAIN your germs by staying home
when sick until your fever is gone without the use of
fever-reducing medications.
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For more information, visit
www.flu.gov and www.lcdph.org
or call the Logan County Department of Public Health at
217-735-2317.
[Text from file received from
the
Logan County Department
of Public Health]
The weekly "flu facts" are sponsored by
the Logan County Department of Public Health and the Pandemic
Influenza Community Coalition.
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