Prevention Beat

August 4, 2010

Flu Season is Fast Approaching… the Best Protection is Vaccination.

Each year in the United States, on average, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 people die from seasonal flu complications. During 2009-2010, a new and very different flu virus (called 2009 H1N1) spread worldwide causing the first flu pandemic in more than 40 years. It is estimated that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic resulted in more than 12,000 flu-related deaths in the U.S. In contrast to seasonal flu, nearly 90 percent of the deaths from H1N1 occurred among people younger than 65 years of age.

While the peak activity for the season flu season is generally November through March the CDC hopes that people will start to go out and get vaccinated against seasonal influenza as soon as vaccines become available.

Annual vaccination against influenza is recommended for any adult who wants to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting it to others. Vaccination is recommended for all adults without contraindications in the following groups, because these persons either are at higher risk for influenza complications, or are close contacts of persons at higher risk:

persons aged 50 years and older;
women who will be pregnant during the influenza season;
persons who have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, cognitive, neurologic/neuromuscular, hematological or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus);
persons who have immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus;
residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities;
health-care personnel;
household contacts and caregivers of children aged <5 years and adults aged 50 years and older, with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children aged <6 months; and
household contacts and caregivers of persons with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe complications from influenza.

Visit the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ for the current vaccination recommendations for children and adolescents.

The CDC recommends 3 action steps for everyone to help prevent the flu:

Take time to get vaccinated.
Take everyday preventive actions such as wash your hands often with soap and water, cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze, stay home when you are sick.
Take flu antiviral drugs if recommended by your doctor. Antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel better.

For more information about Influenza and the 20109-2011 ACIP recommendations for vaccination, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention webpage at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/.

The 2010-2011 flu vaccine will protect against three different flu viruses: an H3N1 virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last season. Your best protection against influenza is vaccination.

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Adult Quick Care will offer flu shots at all locations starting as early as September.

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For clients of OHS-COMPCARE, we will offer seasonal flu shots to employers again in 2010. To be put on the list to be scheduled for an on-site or to learn more please contact client services at 816-561-2105 (option 1) or by email at customerservice@ohscompcare.com.

Arrange for your flu shots today and take the BITE out of the FLU BUG for you and your employees!

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***We are now open Saturdays at our Independence location from 9am – 1pm to serve your occupational medicine and urgent care needs. Our Independence location is open 5pm – 9pm Monday – Friday to serve your after hour needs as well***

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OHS-COMPCARE now featuring Adult Quick Care (Urgent Care Services) has seven (7) area clinical facilities:

Independence Clinical Facility	Johnson County Clinical Facility	St. Joseph Clinical Facility	Grandview Clinical Facility
19000 E. Eastland Center Crt, St. 200	10415 Lackman Road	904 Edmond Street	13830 S Us Highway 71
Independence, MO 64055	Lenexa, KS 66219	St. Joseph, MO 64501	Grandview, MO 64030
816-478-9299	913-495-9905	816-233-7702	816-761-4664
After Hours Available *Now open Saturday 9am – 1pm

KCMO/Broadway Clinical Facility	KCMO/Front Street Clinical Facility	Wyandotte County Clinical Facility
1650 Broadway	6501 East Commerce, Suite 110	1333 Meadowlark Lane, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108	Kansas City, MO 64120	Kansas City, KS 66102
816-842-2020	816-483-5550	913-596-2774

Adult Quick Care provides Urgent Care to Adults and Adolescents Age 14 and Older.

No appointment is necessary at Adult Quick Care.

When you are sick or have a new injury, Adult Quick Care is your affordable, time saving choice for quality care.

To learn more about Adult Quick Care please call 816-559-6320 or visit www.adultquickcare.com.