Wednesday, November 04, 2009

CC Health Dept cancels Nov 7 H1N1 clinics

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The Carroll County Health Department announced that due to insufficient quantities of Flu Vaccine, they are cancelling the H1N1 Flu Clinics scheduled for November 7th. Please refer to the attached schedule for the revised clinic schedule.

Changes to these dates and times will be posted on the Carroll County Health Department's website at www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov and the Flu Hotline 410-876-3003

I have two versions of the essentially the same update. I'll just paste both of them into this post. It looks like before anyone ventures out to any of the scheduled clinics, you need to check with: the Carroll County Health Department's website at www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov and the Flu Hotline 410-876-3003

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CARROLL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

H1N1 (SWINE) FLU UPDATE

4 NOVEMBER 2009

NOTE: The perspective of the coming Updates will be somewhat changed. As increasing amounts of H1N1 vaccine comes into the County, the Updates will focus more on CCHD’s mass vaccination centers (MVC) specifically and vaccination issues in general.

The MVCs scheduled for Saturday November 7, 2009 at Northwest Middle School in Taneytown and Winters Mill High School in Westminster HAVE BEEN CANCELED due to lack of vaccine.

The next scheduled MVC will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the Carroll County Agricultural Center – Shipley Arena, 706 Agricultural Center, Westminster. Hours are 11:00 am to 7:00 pm or until vaccine is exhausted. This MVC is still only for the Centers for Disease Control’s initial priority groups, which are:

Pregnant women

Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age

Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel

Children and young adults aged 6 months to 24 years

Persons aged 25 through 64 with chronic medical conditions which place them at greater risk of medical complication from influenza

When CCHD staff arrive at a MVC, they will hand out numbered index cards equal to the number of doses on hand to the people in line. This should avoid individuals from waiting an inordinate amount of time only to be turned away at the door.

DATES OF FUTURE H1N1 MASS VACCINATION CENTERS

(subject to vaccine availability)

Saturday, November 14 at Parr’s Ridge Elementary School

Saturday, November 14 at North Carroll Middle School

Wednesday, November 18 at the Manchester Activities Building

(clinic times to be announced)

Please consult the CCHD website

www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov

for up to date information.
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REVISED 11/4/09

H1N1 (SWINE FLU) MASS VACCINATION CLINIC (MVC) SCHEDULE

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRIORITY GROUP*

*SUBJECT TO VACCINE AVAILABILITY*

Changes to these dates and times will be posted on the

Carroll County Health Department’s website at

http://www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov/ and the Flu Hotline 410-876-3003

Before going to the MVC, check the website and/or call the Flu Hotline

as the clinic schedule is subject to change

These clinics are for the PRIORITY GROUPS recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Currently, there is a limited supply of vaccine and the CDC recommends that the priority groups receive the vaccine FIRST. These individuals are found to be at greatest risk for complications from H1N1:

Pregnant women

Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age

Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel

Children and young adults aged 6 months to 24 years

Persons aged 25 through 64 with health conditions that place them at greater risk of medical complications from influenza

Again, the above priority groups will receive the vaccine FIRST. After these priority groups have been vaccinated, the Carroll County Health Department will schedule H1N1 vaccination clinics in the county so that ALL residents can receive the vaccine if they so wish. The Carroll County Health Department is following the recommendations set forth by the Centers for Disease Control.

DATES OF FUTURE H1N1 MASS VACCINATION CLINICS (TENTATIVE)

(SUBJECT TO VACCINE AVAILABILITY)

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

~~Saturday, November 7, 2009~~

CLINIC CANCELLED

~~9:00 – 4:00 pm~~ ~~(subject to change due to vaccine availability)~~

~~Northwest~~ ~~Middle School~~

~~99 Kings Drive~~

~~Taneytown~~

~~Saturday, November 7, 2009~~

CLINIC CANCELLED

~~9:00 – 4:00 pm~~

~~(subject to change due to vaccine availability~~)

~~Winters~~ ~~Mill~~ ~~High School~~

~~560 Gorsuch Road~~

~~Westminster~~

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Note: Only intramuscular injections (shots) available, no FluMist on this clinic date

11:00 am – 7:00 pm

(clinic may close earlier than designated time depending upon vaccine availability)

Carroll County Agricultural Center – Shipley Arena

706 Agricultural Center

Westminster

DATES OF FUTURE H1N1 MASS VACCINATION CLINICS (TENTATIVE)

(SUBJECT TO VACCINE AVAILABILITY)

TENTATIVE DATE	TIME	LOCATION
Saturday, November 14, 2009	to be announced	Parr’s Ridge Elementary School
Saturday, November 14, 2009	to be announced	North Carroll Middle School
Wednesday, November 18, 2009	to be announced	Manchester Activities Building
Saturday, November 21, 2009	to be announced	to be announced
Saturday, November 21, 2009	to be announced	Century High School
Monday, November 23, 2009	to be announced	Mt. Airy Activities Building