November 21, 2007
Did you know...?
National Influenza Vaccination Week is November 26 - December 2, 2007
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the week after Thanksgiving, November 27 to December 2, as National Influenza Vaccination Week. The event is designed to raise awareness of the importance of continuing influenza (flu) vaccination through the months of November, December and beyond. The CDC is recommending that people take this opportunity to be vaccinated if they haven’t already.
Traditionally national interest in getting a flu vaccination tapers off after Thanksgiving. However, since flu activity generally does not peak until February or later, November, December and January are good times to get vaccinated.
Vaccinations are recommended for anyone who wants to decrease the risk of influenza. While anyone can get influenza, many groups are at higher risk for complications including: people aged 50 years or more, those with chronic illnesses (heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease, diabetes), and pregnant women. Anyone in the high risk group is encouraged to get vaccinated. In addition, those in close contact with these high risk persons such as health care personnel, and caregivers of high risk persons, are also at increased risk and should get vaccinated.
Each year in the United States, between 5 and 20 percent of the population is infected with influenza, about 36,000 people die and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized because of influenza complications. Since influenza is unpredictable, and different types and strains of influenza circulate throughout the flu season, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that influenza vaccine be offered throughout the influenza season-- even after influenza has appeared or begun appearing in a community. Currently there is only a low level of flu activity present across the United States.
National Influenza Vaccination Week is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the CDC, and the National Influenza Vaccine Summit (for more information about the Summit, please go to http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/13732.html).
For more information about influenza and influenza vaccine visit the CDC website at: www.cdc.gov/flu.
OHS-COMPCARE currently has vaccine available. To schedule your company for their flu shots contact Client Services at 816-559-6306 or customerservice@ohscompcare.com.
To learn more about services OHS-COMPCARE has to offer, contact our Client Services Team at (816) 559-6306 or by e-mail at customerservice@ohscompcare.com. You can also visit us at www.ohscompcare.com.
*Please feel free to forward this information to any member of management in your company who would benefit from it.*
OHS-COMPCARE has eight (8) area clinical facilities:
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Blue Springs Clinical Facility |
Independence Clinical Facility |
Johnson County Clinical Facility |
St. Joseph Clinical Facility |
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801 NW St. Mary’s Drive |
19000 E. Eastland Center Crt, St. 200 |
10415 Lackman Road |
904 Edmond Street |
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Blue Springs, MO 64104 |
Independence, MO 64055 |
Lenexa, KS 66219 |
St. Joseph, MO 64501 |
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816-224-9121 |
816-478-9299 |
913-495-9905 |
816-233-7702 |
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After Hours Available |
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KCMO/Broadway Clinical Facility |
KCMO/Front Street Clinical Facility |
Wyandotte County Clinical Facility |
Grandview Clinical Facility |
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1650 Broadway |
6501 East Commerce, Suite 110 |
1333 Meadowlark Lane, Suite 200 |
13830 S Us Highway 71 |
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Kansas City, MO 64108 |
Kansas City, MO 64120 |
Kansas City, KS 66102 |
Grandview, MO 64030 |
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816-842-2020 |
816-483-5550 |
913-596-2774 |
816-761-4664 |