Only H1N1 nasal spray vaccine is available at Carew clinic at this time

Please be advised that the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health is only offering H1N1 nasal spray vaccine at its Carew Medical Park clinic.

The H1N1 injectable vaccine that arrived Tuesday is being given to healthcare providers to vaccinate pregnant women, chronically ill children and healthcare workers and is not available at the public vaccination clinic. 

People in high-risk groups such as pregnant women and children ages 5 to 18 with chronic health conditions such as diabetes and asthma should contact their health care provider to see if they are eligible for the injectable vaccine. Hospitals and urgent care clinics are also getting a limited amount of vaccine to give to their staff.

A list of area providers who have received the injectable vaccine will be posted on www.FightTheFlu.org.

The nasal spray vaccine is available to healthy children and young adults and for people who live with or provide care to infants less than 6 months of age.

A person cannot receive this vaccine if he or she has asthma or is sick with nasal congestion. No one older than 49 years of age can receive this vaccine.

The clinic is open today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. while supplies last. If there is sufficient vaccine, the clinic will be open Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Anyone experiencing symptoms of influenza should stay home and contact a health care provider.

For more information, go to www.FightTheFlu.org or call 2-1-1.

Vaccines available at the Carew Medical Park clinic 

H1N1 FluMist vaccine (nasal spray)

• For healthy children and young adults 2 to 24 years of age who do not have underlying health conditions
  
  
• For persons up to age 49 who live with or provide care for infants less than six months of age (e.g., parents, siblings, and daycare providers)
  
  
• No child younger than 2 years of age can get this vaccine
  
  
• No adult older than 49 can get this vaccine
  
  
• Children under the age of 10 will need two doses of the H1N1 vaccine, four weeks apart, to be fully protected
  
  
• If a child has had any live vaccine such as the MMR, Varicella (chickenpox) or the seasonal flu mist vaccine in the last 28 days, the child cannot receive the H1N1 FluMist vaccine 

 Seasonal Flu vaccine (injectable)

• For children 6 months up to 3 years of age
  
  
• No child younger than six months can get this vaccine