Scottsdale Healthcare Offers Free H1N1 Vaccinations

Scottsdale Healthcare to Offer Community H1N1 Vaccination Clinic set for Saturday, Nov. 21; Free vaccinations now available for children and adults ages 6 months – 65 years

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Healthcare will offer a community H1N1 vaccination clinic this Saturday, Nov. 21 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. at 3634 N. Drinkwater Blvd., near Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center.

Free H1N1 vaccinations will be available for children and adults, ages 6 months to 65 years. Scottsdale Healthcare representatives hope to provide up to 700 vaccinations on Nov. 21.

This will be Scottsdale Healthcare’s third free H1N1 vaccination clinic in recent weeks. Scottsdale Healthcare has provided more than 2000 free H1N1 vaccinations during community clinics since October.

Scottsdale Healthcare will continue to strictly follow federal, state and county guidelines and distribute vaccine as follows:

• Anyone who qualifies for the FluMist form of the H1N1 vaccine will not receive the injectable H1N1 vaccine. Qualifications for FluMist include:
  • between the ages of 2- 49
  • not pregnant
  • no underlying medical conditions (such as asthma, cardiac conditions, diabetes, certain muscle or nerve disorders that can lead to breathing or swallowing problems),
  • no previous severe reaction to flu vaccine or egg allergy
• Injectable H1N1 vaccine will only be given to those who do not qualify for FluMist (pregnant women and those with underlying medical conditions, including the morbidly obese).
• Those who do not qualify for FluMist by virtue of age alone will receive the injectable vaccine.
• Consents will be required for all receiving vaccine.

Important reminder for parents/guardians: Children under 9 require a booster dose of vaccine four weeks from the first dose of H1N1 vaccine they receive.

“Although there have been reports that H1N1 may be leveling off in Arizona it is still considered widespread,” said Wendy Lyons, vice president, Community Stewardship at Scottsdale Healthcare. “As greater Scottsdale’s nonprofit community health provider, we focused on children with our first two clinics and are now able to offer expanded vaccinations in anticipation of a third wave of the H1N1 virus.”

Published on behalf of Scottsdale Healthcare
Scottsdale Healthcare (www.shc.org) is the not-for-profit parent organization of Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center, Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center, Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak Hospital, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute, Scottsdale Healthcare Home Health Services, Scottsdale Healthcare Community Health Services, NOAH Clinics and Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation.

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