A series of free flu shot clinics for employees gets underway this week with the first clinic Thursday from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4.
This flu season is different as the medical center enterprise — The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC, UNMC Physicians, Bellevue Medical Center and Clarkson College — expects to achieve 90 percent vaccination rates and 100 percent vaccination status documentation.
Employees should use this online tracking system to log whether they received the vaccine or the reason they declined vaccination should they choose to do so.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that all health-care workers, persons older than six months of age and those at high risk of complications from the flu receive the vaccine.
Those with high risk include:
- Pregnant women;
- Children under five years of age;
- Persons aged 65 and older;
- Persons with chronic medical conditions; and
- Those who care for them.
The employee clinic schedule is as follows:
- Thursday — 7 to 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4;
- Friday — 7 to 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Private Dining Rooms A, B and C;
- Oct. 29 — 7 to 9 a.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4;
- Oct. 31 — 7 to 9 a.m., Private Dining Rooms A, B and C;
- Nov. 2 — 7 to 9 a.m., Private Dining Rooms A, B and C;
- Nov. 8 — 1 to 3 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4;
- Nov. 9 — 1 to 3 p.m., Private Dining Rooms A, B and C;
- Nov. 13 — 7 to 9 a.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4; and
- Dec. 4 — 1 to 3 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, rooms 1-4.
Visit The Nebraska Medical Center’s influenza intranet site to learn more about the flu and vaccination.