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 H1N1 vaccine to arrive soon
Yield to Heels
promotes safety
H1N1 vaccine to arrive soon
Last week, health sites around the country began to receive
the first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine. Carolina expects to receive its first
shipment this week, with additional doses arriving during the next few months.
The University and UNC Health Care have requested a
sufficient quantity to vaccinate students and employees as well as hospitalized
patients, said Mary Beth Koza, director of the
Department of Environment, Health and
Safety (EHS).
“As soon as we receive our first shipment of the H1N1
vaccine, we will let the campus community know the details about how and when
people can be vaccinated,” she said. The University will communicate through
e-mail and information on the University homepage and Alert Carolina,
alertcarolina.unc.edu.
The H1N1 vaccine comes in two forms: a nasal spray and a
shot. The nasal spray is indicated for healthy people ages 2 to 49; everyone
else should get the shot, Koza said. “We do not
anticipate a shortage of either form of the vaccine.”
To make sure health-care and emergency medical personnel are
able to care for people who become ill, the first people at UNC who will be
able to receive the H1N1 vaccine are students and employees who are designated
as health-care workers, Koza said. As the University
receives additional shipments of the vaccine, it will be available for all
other students and employees.
The vaccine will be administered through special H1N1
clinics, as the seasonal flu vaccine was. The clinics will be by appointment
only, and people will be able to make an appointment on the EHS Web site, Koza said.
University health officials recommend that people who are in
high-risk groups contact their personal physicians and follow that advice. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site,
www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm, has information about who is considered high
risk.
Refer to the Alert Carolina site,
http://alertcarolina.unc.edu/go/doc/1395/271695, for general information about
H1N1 and for updates about the H1N1 vaccine.
Yield to Heels
promotes safety
Hannah Gill, left, congratulates pedestrians who used the
crosswalk at Manning Drive correctly during the Sept. 30 Yield to Heels
on-campus pedestrian safety education event. Gill worked during the annual
effort to educate pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers around campus about the
importance of visibility and attentiveness in creating a safe walking
environment at Carolina.
Coordinated by the Department of Public Safety and the UNC
Highway Safety Research Center, Yield to Heels also aims to clear up myths
about traffic safety for both pedestrians and drivers. |
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