Volusia County Health Department offers free H1N1 school vaccination clinic targeting Ormond Beach area

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October 28, 2009
Stefany Strong
Public Information Officer
Volusia County Health Dept.
Shelley Szafraniec, APR, CPRC
Volusia County Community Information

Volusia County Health Department offers free H1N1 school vaccination clinic targeting Ormond Beach area

The Volusia County Health Department will conduct the second in a series of school-targeted free vaccination clinics from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (or until the supplies have been exhausted) Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Volusia County Health Department, 1845 Holsonback Drive, Daytona Beach.

The clinic is intended only for students, teachers, and school staff who are 2 years and older, live in the Ormond Beach area (ZIP codes: 32174, 32110, 32126 and 32176), and are in the following groups:

Public schools
Private schools
Child care centers
Pre-kindergarten
Head Start
Charter schools
Home-schools

“We are targeting school vaccination clinics based on the priority groups established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the population in an area, and the amount of vaccine we have on hand,” said Volusia County Health Department Director Dr. Bonnie Sorensen. “We ask the public to continue to work with us by being patient and only bringing those who are targeted for the vaccine to this clinic.”

The Oct. 31 school vaccination clinic will offer 2,500 doses of the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine and 1,000 doses of the H1N1 injectable vaccine.

The nasal vaccine is sprayed in the nose and approved for healthy people between the ages of 2 and 49. The injectable vaccine is injected in the arm muscle. Both vaccines are safe and effective protection against the H1N1 swine flu virus, according to Sorensen.

Persons who are being targeted by this school vaccination clinic who cannot attend will have other opportunities to receive the vaccine. Locations, dates and times will be announced as the vaccine continues to arrive in Volusia County.

H1N1 swine flu vaccinations are voluntary. Residents may visit www.VolusiaHealth.com and click on Let’s Fight Flu Together for detailed information about the vaccine and to print a vaccine consent form, which must be signed by the person receiving the vaccine or the child’s parent/guardian before the vaccine will be administered. Vaccine information and consent forms also will be available at the school vaccination clinic and in the school offices of the public and private schools in the Ormond Beach area. Residents are encouraged to complete the consent form in advance and bring to the Oct. 31 clinic to expedite the process.

Residents also can view H1N1 swine flu information and print a consent form using Volusia County public library computers. For a complete list of library locations, visit www.VolusiaLibrary.org or call (386) 239-7756 (Daytona Beach), (386) 423-3868 (New Smyrna Beach), or (386) 822-5062 (DeLand).

Children 9 years and younger should get two doses of the vaccine. Children should receive the second dose of the vaccine 21 to 28 days later at their nearest health department clinic. For a complete list of health department clinics, please visit www.VolusiaHealth.com. Children 10 and older require only one dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine to be fully protected.

People who have a severe (life-threatening) allergy to eggs or any other substance in the vaccine should not get H1N1 swine flu vaccine.

For more information about H1N1 swine flu, visit www.VolusiaHealth.com and click on the Let’s Fight Flu Together banner or call the Volusia County Health Department Flu Information Line at (866) 821-7704.

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