Fairview Lakes Health Services announced this week that Fairview has an adequate supply of influenza vaccine on hand.

Staff has begun giving inoculations to patients who request them at Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming and at Fairview clinics, including Fairview Hugo Clinic and Fairview Lino Lakes Clinic.

At all Fairview Lakes’ clinics, shots are available Monday through Friday during regular business hours.

To minimize waiting, patients are asked to call ahead for a nurse appointment.

For added convenience, a walk-in flu clinic is available at Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming.

Wyoming

For four weeks, from Oct. 25 through Nov. 23, Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming will host an open flu shot clinic in its conference rooms Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

During those hours, flu shots for adults and children will be available without an appointment.

On entering the medical center, check in at Central Registration and then follow the signs to the conference rooms at the west end of the atrium where nursing staff will be offering flu inoculations throughout the day.

Regular rates and insurance co-pays apply. People who are uninsured or whose insurance doesn’t cover flu shots may complete applications to receive free flu vaccine through the Minnesota Vaccines for Children program.

Lino Lakes, Hugo

The flu vaccine is available to patients during regular clinic hours.

Patients are encouraged to call ahead for a nurse appointment.

At Lino Lakes call 651-717-3400. At Hugo call 651-466-1900.

At all clinics, patients who want the nasal-spray flu vaccine should call ahead to ensure an adequate supply is available.

Flu vaccine will continue to be available at all Fairview Lakes clinics as long as supplies last; however, after Nov. 23 the special walk-in flu clinic will no longer be offered at Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming.

Flu Facts, Tips

Influenza (the “flu”) is a serious illness. The single best way to prevent the flu is to get a flu vaccination each fall. There are two types of vaccines:

• The “flu shot”—an inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) that is given with a needle, usually in the arm.

• The nasal-spray flu vaccine—a vaccine made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu (sometimes called LAIV for “Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine”).

LAIV is approved for use in healthy people age 2-49 years, who are not pregnant.

• October or November is the best time to get vaccinated, but you can still get vaccinated in December and later.

Flu season can begin as early as October and lasts as late as May.

• People who should not be vaccinated include those who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs, have had a severe reaction to a flu vaccination in the past, developed Guillan-Barré syndrome (GBS) within six weeks of getting a previous flu vaccination, are sick with a fever, or are younger than six months old.

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