Vaccine Availability

• At this time Annual and H1N1 (swine flu) Influenza Vaccine is in short supply and may not be readily available.

• For recorded information, please call our main phone number 509.524.2650 and select #4.

• This message is updated as soon as more information is available - speaking with one of our attendants cannot provide any further information. As additional information becomes available we will post it on this website.

• WA State DOH Recorded Information: 

888-703-4364

Thank You

Volunteers!

The Annual Flu Shot Roundup 2009

was held at the

Walla Walla County Fairgrounds

October 20-22, 2009

Vaccine Information Sheets

from CDC

Read about influenza and pneumonia vaccines

Seasonal Live, Intranasal Influenza Vaccine

Seasonal Inactivated Influenza Vaccine

Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23)

2009 H1N1 Live, Intranasal Influenza Vaccine

2009 H1N1 Inactivated Influenza Vaccine

Link to VIS in other languages

Washington State DOH Info

H1N1 Resources and Materials

on WA DOH Website

2009 A(H1N1) Updates

Scroll past What You Need to Know

for links to Flu.gov & CDC updates.

What You Need to Know about

2009 A(H1N1) Availability

• 2009 A(H1N1) vaccine will be offered at the Health Department on:

N o v e m b e r   2 4 ,   2 0 0 9

8-11 AM and 1-4 PM

D e c e m b e r   1 5 ,   2 0 0 9

8-11 AM and 1-4 PM

See Health Department address at

bottom of page.

• Vaccine availability is still limited and will remain that way through January 2010. We are currently scheduled to receive approximately 20,000 doses of vaccine by January which is far less than the number of individuals in the priority groups.

• The Health Department is not withholding supplies of vaccine, rather our current allocations are being sent to clinics and hospitals.

• Individuals seeking vaccination should check with their doctors. While the supply is currently very limited any doctor or clinic that desires vaccine will eventually be able to receive a supply of vaccine to cover their high-risk patients and those who meet the national priority for receiving vaccine.

• As Walla Walla County Health Department learns the allocations for a given week the vaccine is ordered and distributed to hospitals and clinics for use in priority patients. Those are:

1. Pregnant women
2. Family members and caregivers of children less than 6 months of age
3. Healthcare workers
4. Individuals between 6 months and 24 years of age
5. Individuals between 25 and 65 with pre-existing medical conditions that make them at high risk of complications from influenza

• By mid-November vaccine will be available in local pharmacies in limited amounts.

       Pharmacies will normally not administer

       vaccine to children less than 9 years of age.

• As more vaccine becomes available the Health Department will provide immunizations in schools and at the Health Department.

• 2nd Vaccines for Children. At this time there still is not an adequate supply of vaccine. Parents seeking a second vaccine for their children should look for scheduled clinics AT LEAST 28 days following their child's 2009 A(H1N1) immunization.

• We will post availability of vaccine at the Health Department on our Twitter site (www.twitter.com/wwchd) or web site (http://www.co.walla-walla.wa.us/departments/

phd/index.shtml) and on the introduction to our telephone system at 509.524.2650.

2009 A(H1N1) Updates - Flu.gov & CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

Receive periodic updates about seasonal and H1N1 influenza :

http://twitter.com/wwchd