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Beebe Medical Center is Offering Free Flu Shots; No H1N1

09/15/09

Beebe Medical Center is offering free influenza vaccinations at several locations this fall. Vaccinations will be provided to adults only (those over the age of 18). Parents should contact their children's physician for information about pediatric vaccinations. Please note that locations are still being added. For more information on the flu clinics, please contact the Beebe Medical Center Community Health Department at (302) 645-3337.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people at high risk for complications from influenza include:
" People 65 years and older.
" People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities that house those with long-term illnesses.
" Adults and children six months and older with chronic heart or lung conditions, including asthma.
" Adults and children six months and older who needed regular medical care or were in a hospital during the previous year because of a metabolic disease (like diabetes), chronic kidney disease, or weakened immune system (including immune system problems caused by medicines or by infection with human immunodeficiency virus [HIV/AIDS]).
" Children 6 months to 18 years of age who are on long-term aspirin therapy. (Children given aspirin while they have influenza are at risk of Reye's syndrome.).
" Women who are pregnant during influenza season.
" All children 6 to 23 months of age.
" People with any condition that can compromise respiratory function or the handling of respiratory secretions (that is, a condition that makes it hard to breathe or swallow, such as brain injury or disease, spinal cord injuries, seizure disorders, or other nerve or muscle disorders).

The CDC also recommends that the following populations consider getting the influenza vaccination:
" People 50 to 64 years of age. Nearly one-third of people between the ages of 50 and 64 years of age in the United States have one or more medical conditions that place them at an increased risk for serious flu complications.
" People who can transmit flu to others at high risk for complications. Any person in close contact with someone in a high-risk group should get vaccinated. This includes all health-care workers, household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of young children up to 23 months of age, and close contacts of people 65 years and older.
What to do if you get Influenza:

Those who become ill with influenza should rest, drink plenty of liquids, avoid using alcohol and tobacco, and take medication to relieve symptoms (Never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have flu-like symptoms, especially fever, without consulting a physician). In some cases, physicians may choose to prescribe certain antiviral drugs to treat influenza. Antibiotics do not cure influenza, which is caused by a virus.

Flu Shot Clinics

October 13, 2009 (Tuesday) 3 p.m. -- 6 p.m. : Beebe Lab Express, Creekside Plaza, Atlantic Avenue, (Next to Food Lion) Millville.

October 15, 2009 (Thursday) 12 noon to 3 p.m. : Beebe Lab Express, 232 Mitchell St, Suite 200, Millsboro.

October 19, 2009 (Monday) 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. : Nanticoke Museum, John J Williams Hwy, Millsboro.

October 21, 2009 (Wednesday) 12 noon to 3 p.m. : Beebe Lab Express, Georgetown Professional Park, 20136 Office Circle, Georgetown.

October 24, 2009 (Saturday) 12 noon to 4 p.m. : Beebe Health Campus, John J Williams Hwy (Route 24) Rehoboth Beach.

October 27, 2009 (Tuesday) 12 noon to 3 p.m. : Beebe Lab Express, 611 Federal St, Milton

November 3, 2009 (Tuesday) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. : Camp Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach (Please call 227-5620 to schedule)

November 7, 2009 (Saturday) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Rabbits Ferry Community Center, Robinsonville Rd.


Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a charitable mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org