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DCPH H1N1 Clinics



Spirit Lake, IA. – Dickinson County Public Health (DCPH) is scheduling H1N1 flu vaccination clinics as vaccine arrives.

Two clinics have been scheduled, one of which is already fully booked. The clinics will be held on November 4 and November 6 at Lakes Regional Healthcare’s (LRH) Community Health Center at 1003 21st Street in Milford. People in the priority groups listed below are encouraged to call DCPH at 336-2682 to make an appointment for the November 6 clinic that is still open to accepting appointments based on the amount of vaccine received. The clinic hours will be from 1:30 until 4:00 p.m.

LRH’s web site, www.lakeshealth.org, will update all H1N1 flu vaccination clinic information every Monday and Thursday morning. If the clinic is accepting patients, people are encouraged to call DCPH at 336-2682 to schedule an appointment. If all clinics are no longer accepting appointments, people are encouraged to check the web site the following Monday or Thursday morning for newly scheduled clinic information.

The priority groups of people that are encouraged to receive the vaccine include:
• Healthcare providers and emergency service personnel
• Pregnant women
• Children ages 6 months to four years old
• Household contacts and childcare providers of children under age 6 months
• Children ages 5 to 18 years with chronic diseases (such as asthma and diabetes)

The H1N1 flu vaccine is only available through DCPH and is provided at no cost. The vaccine is available as a nasal spray or an injection. The nasal spray is a weakened live virus and the injection is a dead, inactivated virus. With the nasal spray, you may get a few symptoms of H1N1 flu, but not actually get H1N1 flu. The injection will consist of one shot in the arm, except for children ages 9 and under; they will need to get two shots spaced one month apart.


Story Copyright KICD/KLLT 2009

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