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(Topeka, Kan., Sept. 13, 2011) -- Cotton-O'Neil Clinic, a division of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, has announced the dates for its 2011 Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic. All Cotton-O'Neil Clinic physicians, including pediatricians, recommend that your and your family get an annual flu vaccination as soon as it becomes available in your community. In an effort to make getting a flu vaccination more convenient for adults and children, Cotton-O'Neil Clinic has added a number of evening Flu Shot Clinics this season. The Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic also begins one month earlier. Should you need help to pay for your childs flu vaccine, talk to your PediatricCare physician and learn how you can participate in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 2011-12 flu vaccine will protect against the three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the season. This includes influenza A (H1N1) virus, and influenza A (H3N2) virus, and an influenza B virus. The vaccination is designed to last for an entire year and takes up to two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body to provide protection against the flu virus. To properly prepare for the flu season, it is recommended that people ages 6 months and older consider having the flu vaccination before the flu season begins.
Locations and schedules for the Cotton-O'Neil Seasonal Flu Shot Clinics are:
Tues., Sept. 13:
Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites (Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Pediatric Walk-in Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m.
PediatricCare | 4100 S.W. 15th St.
PediatricCare & Cotton-O'Neil patients | 6 mths. to 17 years
and VFC eligible patients
HealthWise 55 Senior Supper
Pozez Education Center | 1505 S.W. 8th Ave.
Flu shots available from 4 to 5 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 14:
Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites (Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Thurs., Sept. 15: Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites
(Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Tues., Sept. 20:
Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites (Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Wed., Sept. 21:
Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites (Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Pediatric Walk-in Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m.
PediatricCare | 4100 S.W. 15th St.
PediatricCare & Cotton-O'Neil patients | 6 mths. to 17 years
and VFC eligible patients
Thurs., Sept. 22:
Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites Parking Garage
Located in the parking garage under the Stormont-Vail Surgical Suites (Enter off Garfield, between 9th and 10th Ave.)
OCTOBER
Tues., Oct. 4:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m. | All ages
PediatricCare | 2860 S.W. Mission Woods Dr.
VFC vaccinations not available.
Wed., Oct. 5:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m. | All ages
PediatricCare - Mission Woods | 2860 S.W. Mission Woods Dr.
VFC vaccinations not available.
Thurs., Oct. 6:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Tues., Oct. 11:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Clinic | 901 S.W. Garfield Ave.
Enter through south doors
Wed., Oct. 12:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 5 to 8 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
901 S.W. Garfield | Enter through south doors
Adults only
Thurs., Oct. 13:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Tues., Oct. 18:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Wed., Oct. 19:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St.
Thurs., Oct. 20:
Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Ages 18 & up
Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center | 929 S.W. Mulvane St
No appointment is needed to participate in either seasonal flu shot clinic. Participants are urged to dress appropriately for easy access to the upper arm area. Consent forms in English and Spanish are available at www.stormontvail.org and may be completed and brought to the seasonal flu shot clinic.
Any Cotton-O'Neil patient, 18 years of age and older, who has had a seasonal flu vaccine with no complications, can participate in the Drive-thru Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic. All others should visit the Walk-in Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic at the Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center or their primary care physician. A primary care physician or pediatrician should vaccinate children under the age of 9. Flu-Mist is available for children between the ages of 2 and 9 years.
All people 6 months of age and older should get the seasonal flu vaccine.
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