UWM H1N1 clinic set for Nov. 23

An H1N1 flu vaccine clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the UWM Union Ballroom, with registration in the Fireside Lounge.

Because UWM has limited vaccines available, different admittance guidelines are being used for UWM clinics than at clinics elsewhere in the Milwaukee metro area.

The new group eligible for the Nov. 23 clinic is healthy UWM students, faculty or staff between the ages of 17 and 24.

Also eligible to attend the Nov. 23 clinic, based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are UWM students, faculty or staff in any of the following target groups:

• Pregnant women;
• Healthcare workers with direct patient contact;
• Caregivers and household contacts of infants under 6 months of age;
• Individuals aged 17 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions; the Centers for Disease
  

Control and Prevention has described “underlying medical conditions” as chronic lung disease (e.g., asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), conditions associated with immunosuppression, chronic cardiac disease (e.g., congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease), diabetes, and obesity. It is not necessary to bring proof of the condition.

Those who qualify for receiving a vaccination must bring UWM identification because the clinic is not open to the public – it is only for UWM students, faculty and staff.

There is no cost for the vaccine.

UWM will provide doses to campus community members on a first-come, first-served basis as supply allows.

The clinic is co-sponsored by the UWM Norris Health Center, College of Nursing and Union staff with additional assistance from administrative volunteers.

Individuals who do not qualify for a UWM clinic are likely eligible for other area clinics that have larger supplies.

Information about City of Milwaukee clinics is online:

http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/2009SwineFlu

Individuals who live elsewhere can locate the nearest clinic online:

http://wisconsinfluclinic.info/

The university has still not received sufficient H1N1 vaccines to offer immunizations to all campus community members, although recent clinics have allowed ever-increasing numbers to be immunized.

The World Health Organization on Nov. 19 posted updated information about the safety of pandemic vaccines:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/briefing_20091119/en/

General information about H1N1 vaccines, including explanations of the different types of vaccines (flu shot and nasal spray), is online:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/general.htm

The latest information about H1N1 flu pertinent to UWM is online:

http://www.flu.uwm.edu

Additional Options to get a 2009 H1N1 vaccine before Thanksgiving

1. INDIVIDUALS AT HIGH RISK OF COMPLICATIONS FROM INFLUENZA OR AT RISK TO SPREAD TO OTHERS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE and *HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AGES 17 TO 24**

An H1N1 flu vaccine clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the UWM Union Ballroom. UWM expects to have both injectable vaccine doses and intranasal doses available. UWM will provide these doses to students on a first-come, first-served basis as supply allows.

Eligibility for the Nov. 23 clinic is based on guidelines from the CDC, meaning vaccine will be administered to UWM students, faculty or staff in any of the following target groups:

• Pregnant women;
• Healthcare workers with direct patient contact;
• Caregivers and household contacts of infants under 6 months of age;
• Individuals aged 17 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described “underlying medical conditions” as chronic lung disease (e.g., asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), conditions associated with immunosuppression, chronic cardiac disease (e.g., congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease), diabetes, and obesity.
• Healthy individuals ages 17 to 24 years old “because many cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza have been seen in these healthy young adults and they often live, work, and study in close proximity, and they are a frequently mobile population”*

Those who qualify for receiving a vaccination should bring UWM identification to the clinic. There is no cost for the vaccine.

2. FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 24

In general, individuals in these categories have either a lower risk of complications from 2009 H1N1 or have less of a chance of getting 2009 H1N1.The City of Milwaukee has opened their clinics to the public. The latest information about city clinics is online at http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/2009SwineFlu. You can also check Wisconsin’s Flu Clinic Locator at http://wisconsinfluclinic.info/ for details of clinics that may be able to assist you.

The university has still not received sufficient H1N1 vaccines to offer immunizations to all campus community members. It is expected that more vaccines will be received to hold clinics the first week in December.

General information about H1N1 vaccines, including explanations of the different types of vaccines (flu shot and nasal spray), is online:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/general.htm

The latest information about H1N1 flu pertinent to UWM is online:
http://www.flu.uwm.edu

*excerpt from the http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/acip.htm accessed 11/22/09

UWM to hold H1N1 vaccine clinic on Nov. 19

Monday, November 16, 2009

UWM to hold H1N1 vaccine clinic on Nov. 19

An H1N1 flu vaccine clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the UWM Union Ballroom, with registration in the Fireside Lounge. UWM expects to have approximately 550 injectable vaccine doses and 30 intranasal doses. UWM will provide these doses to campus community members on a first-come, first-served basis as supply allows. If UWM receives more doses by Thursday, the clinic may be opened to additional target groups.

Eligibility for the clinic is based on guidelines from the City of Milwaukee Health Department, meaning vaccine will be administered to UWM students, faculty or staff in any of the following target groups:

• Pregnant women;
• Healthcare workers with direct patient contact;
• Caregivers and household contacts of infants under 6 months of age;
• Individuals aged 17 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions;
  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described “underlying medical conditions” as chronic lung disease (e.g., asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), conditions associated with immunosuppression, chronic cardiac disease (e.g., congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease), diabetes, and obesity.

Those who qualify for receiving a vaccination should bring UWM identification to the clinic.

There is no cost for the vaccine.

The clinic is co-sponsored by the UWM Norris Health Center, College of Nursing and Union staff with additional assistance from administrative volunteers.

UWM is not expected to receive enough vaccine this week to offer immunizations to healthy 17- and 18-year-olds. The City of Milwaukee is expected to hold additional vaccine clinics very soon, and healthy 17- and 18-year-olds will be eligible for those clinics. Also eligible will be all of the target groups listed above. The latest information about city clinics is online:

http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/2009SwineFlu

The university has still not received sufficient H1N1 vaccines to offer immunizations to all campus community members. It is expected that more vaccines will be received in the future.

General information about H1N1 vaccines, including explanations of the different types of vaccines (flu shot and nasal spray), is online:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/general.htm

The latest information about H1N1 flu pertinent to UWM is online:

http://www.flu.uwm.edu

More now eligible for Milwaukee H1N1 clinics

The City of Milwaukee Health Department has added “adults aged 19 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions” to its list of people eligible for its H1N1 vaccine clinics. Those clinics continue today and tomorrow, Nov. 13 and 14.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described “underlying medical conditions” as chronic lung disease (e.g., asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), conditions associated with immunosuppression, chronic cardiac disease (e.g., congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease), diabetes, and obesity.

Vaccine will be administered to Milwaukee residents in the following target groups:

• [RECENTLY ADDED TARGET GROUP] Adults aged 19 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions


• Pregnant women


• Children 6 months to 18 years of age


• Healthcare workers with direct patient contact


• Caregivers and household contacts of infants under 6 months of age

The Nov. 13 clinic is from 3 to 9 p.m. at South Division High School, 1515 W. Lapham Blvd., about 7 miles southwest of campus.

The Nov. 14 clinic is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Webster Middle School, 6850 N. 53rd St., about 7 miles northwest of campus.

More information, including a link to a downloadable consent form that can be filled out ahead of time, is online at http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/flu

Limited UWM H1N1 vaccine clinic on Nov. 12

There will be a very limited H1N1 vaccine clinic held for UWM students from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Sandburg Residence Hall Flicks (first-floor movie theater).

Because the Norris Health Center has only about 150 total vaccine doses (some are nasal spray and the others are injectable), they will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis to individuals who are one of the following:

• Pregnant
• Healthcare students and employees who work directly with patients
• Individuals who care for children less than 6 months old
• 17- or 18-year-olds who have a chronic medical condition (list below) that places them at higher risk of influenza-like complications
  

Chronic medical conditions include chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, cognitive, neurologic/neuromuscular, hematological or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus); immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus); or receiving long-term aspirin therapy.

Faculty and staff who are in the four high-priority groups listed above, and all students who are 18 and younger, can consider going to the latest City of Milwaukee Health Department vaccine clinics on Nov. 12, 13 and 14. More information about the Milwaukee Health Department clinics can be found here:

http://www.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/healthAuthors/ADMIN/PDFs/PressReleases/2009/111009_H1N1_clinic_advisory.pdf

All faculty and staff in the highest priority groups are asked to first consider the Milwaukee Health Department H1N1 clinics. UWM students are being more highly affected by H1N1 and often are unable to get to off-campus clinics. On Nov. 12, UWM will be able to accommodate only a limited number of faculty and staff who cannot go to the Milwaukee Health Department clinics.

City to hold H1N1 vaccine clinics

City to hold H1N1 vaccine clinics

The City of Milwaukee Health Department will hold two H1N1 vaccination clinics this week:

• Thursday, November 5, 2-7 p.m., Sarah Scott Middle School, 1017 N. 12th
  St. (about 4 miles southwest of campus); and


• Friday, November 6, 4-9 p.m., South Division High School, 1515 W.
  Lapham Blvd. (about 7 miles southwest of campus).

The vaccine at the Milwaukee clinics will be given to individuals who meet the criteria set by the State Division of Public Health:

• Pregnant women
• Children ages 6 months-18 years
• Healthcare workers with direct patient contact
• Caregivers and household contacts of infants under 6 months of age

More information about these clinics is online at
http://www.milwaukee.gov/health

As of today, Wednesday, November 4, UWM has NOT received sufficient 2009 H1N1 Influenza vaccines to schedule additional campus clinics.

Eventually UWM hopes to offer H1N1 vaccinations to all students, faculty and staff. For any clinic held by UWM, there will be no charge for the vaccines.

The latest information about H1N1 flu pertinent to UWM can be found online at:
http://www.flu.uwm.edu

Information about the different types of vaccines available (flu shotand nasal spray) can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/general.htm