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OSU prepares to offer H1N1 vaccines to some dependents

Posted on | November 18, 2009 | 1,769 views |

Last month, faculty, students and staff were encouraged to register to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

Now, Ohio State is preparing to offer vaccines to spouses, domestic partners and dependents of faculty, staff and students who meet the CDC guidelines for high-risk priority.

Those are:

  • Pregnant women.
  • Caregivers of children 6 months of age or younger.
  • Children 6 months to 17 years of age.
  • Young adults, 18-24, with chronic underlying health conditions.

Those wishing to register a dependent, spouse or domestic partner for the H1N1 vaccine should call 292-3581 or 4-4161. Callers will need a BuckID or employee ID to access the telephone-based registration system.

Faculty, students and staff who have not registered for the vaccine are still encouraged to do so, but they will not be contacted until high-risk populations first have been inoculated.

The registration process is the same: Call 292-3581 or 4-4161 with a BuckID or employee ID.

Employees will be notified via e-mail once they’ve completed the registration process for either themselves, their spouse, domestic partner or dependents. A second e-mail will be sent at a later date, to notify those who have registered when the spouse, domestic partner or dependent’s inoculation can be scheduled.

This e-mail also will provide instructions and an access code that will be needed to make the appointment.

Employees will be asked to accompany their spouse, domestic partner or dependents to the vaccination site or to provide the proper Ohio State identification or insurance card.

Supervisors are asked to share this information with those employees who may not have seen it elsewhere, to inform them of the registration process, then remind them to check their e-mail daily for vaccine notification.

Anyone with questions about the process may send an e-mail to emergencymanagement@dps.ohio-state.edu.

More information about the telephone registration is available at flu.osu.edu.

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2 Responses to “OSU prepares to offer H1N1 vaccines to some dependents”

  1. Janice
    December 23rd, 2009 @ 1:15 am

    One of my sisters got infected with H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine Flu. Fortunately, she did not have very high fever and she was able to recover fast .
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  2. | Acne Treatments Asia
    January 4th, 2010 @ 10:49 pm

    If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.