{"id":20785,"date":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/09\/23\/influenza-season-vaccination-update\/"},"modified":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-23T05:00:00","slug":"influenza-season-vaccination-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/09\/23\/influenza-season-vaccination-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Influenza season – vaccination update"},"content":{"rendered":"

To prepare for the upcoming influenza season, the following plan has been formulated for influenza vaccination of UNMC, UMA and The Nebraska Medical Center staff and patients. <\/p>\n

The first priority is to administer flu vaccine to high-risk patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) who care for them. The next tier of persons to receive vaccine are otherwise healthy elderly patients and other HCWs. Finally, vaccine will be offered to all others who wish to avoid morbidity associated with influenza (staff without patient contact, younger\/healthy patients, etc.)<\/p>\n

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\nWho is a ‘high risk’ patient?
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\n* High risk people are those greater than 65 years of age; nursing home residents; adults and children with chronic cardiopulmonary disorders; adults and children with diabetes, renal dysfunction, hemoglobinopathies or immunosuppression; children and adolescents who are on long-term aspirin therapy; or women who will be in the second or third trimester of pregnancy during flu season.
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\n<\/TABLE>To meet these goals, the following timetable will be followed:<\/p>\n