Flu Shot & FluMist Now Available

• Injection with inactivated (killed) virus
• Age: 6 months and up
  • Children 6 months through 8 years need 2 doses the first year they are vaccinated for the flu
• Side effects:  Soreness, redness, and swelling where shot is given, fever, muscle aches, and headache can happen after influenza vaccine. There may be a very small increased risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after inactivated influenza vaccine (the flu shot).

Contraindications:

• Sick today
• History of egg allergy or allergy to a component of the vaccine. (If only reaction to eggs is hives then ok to receive the shot)
• Serious reaction to the vaccine in the past
• Has had Guillain-Barré Syndrome

If the person to be vaccinated has any of the Contraindications listed please notify the staff immediately. That person should not receive the Flu Vaccine unless authorized by a physician. 

• Nasal Spray with live weakened virus
• Age: non-pregnant persons age 2 through 49 years of age
  • Children 6 months through 8 years need 2 doses the first year they are vaccinated for the flu
• Side Effects: Runny nose or nasal congestion, wheezing and headache can happen. Vomiting, muscle aches, fever, sore throat and cough are other possible side effects.

Contraindications same as Flu Shot plus:

• Younger than 2 or older than 49 years old
• Long-term health problems with heart disease, lung disease (including asthma), kidney disease, neurologic disease, liver disease, metabolic disease (e.g., diabetes), or have a cochlear implant or spinal fluid leak, or no spleen.
• Child age 2 through 4 years who in the past 12 months has been told by a doctor that the child had wheezing or asthma
• Has Cancer, leukemia, HIV/AIDS, or any other immune system problem; or, in the past 3 months, has taken medications that affect the immune system (e.g., steroids, drugs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, or anticancer drugs) or has had radiation treatments
• Taking Influenza antiviral medications
• A child or teen taking aspirin or salicylate-containing medicine
• Pregnant or could become pregnant within the next month
• Live with or expect to have close contact with a person whose immune system is severely compromised and who must be in protective isolation (e.g., an isolation room of a bone marrow transplant unit)
• Received live virus vaccine like MMR or Varicella in the past 4 weeks