{"id":11394,"date":"2024-12-05T02:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?p=11394"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:59:24","slug":"protect-your-patients-from-influenza-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/protect-your-patients-from-influenza-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Patients from Influenza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protect Your Patients from Influenza<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Order flu vaccine for the 2024-2025 season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Influenza Vaccination Week\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaccination is the most effective tool available to prevent severe respiratory illness and hospitalization. Nationally, there were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/whats-new\/flu-summary-addendum-2023-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">28,000 flu-related death in the 2023-2024 season<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/whats-new\/flu-summary-addendum-2023-2024.html#:~:text=Deaths%20in%20children%20with%20laboratory,of%20November%2015%2C%2020245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">205 pediatric flu-related deaths<\/a> were reported for the 2023-2024 season.\u00a0Everyone 6 months and older still have time to get the flu vaccine this season. Continue to recommend immunization at every visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, review eligibility recommendations from the CDC and stay updated on flu products available to order through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and Vaccines for Adults at Risk (VFAAR) program.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When placing flu orders, please remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You do not have to complete a reconciliation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit your temperature data. Upload the CSV file into PhilaVax. Email the LTD file to <a href=\"mailto:tempcheck@phila.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tempcheck@phila.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VFC Product Available for the 2024-2025 Flu Season<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1-480x205.jpg 480w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1-700x299.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-1-600x256.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VFAAR Product Available for the 2024-2025 Flu Season<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1261\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2-480x135.jpg 480w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2-700x197.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/flu-2024-2-600x169.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1261px) 100vw, 1261px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendation for Flu Immunization and Co-Administration&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CDC recommends:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Everyone aged six months and older should get an annual influenza vaccination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If needed, influenza and other vaccines (e.g., COVID-19 vaccine, RSV vaccine) may be given at the same visit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infants six months and older may receive influenza and COVID-19 vaccines at the same visit when they receive the RSV preventive antibody, nirsevimab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/index.php\/ordering-receiving\/#order-vaccine\">Learn how to place your order<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect Your Patients from Influenza Order flu vaccine for the 2024-2025 season National Influenza Vaccination Week\u00a0 Vaccination is the most effective tool available to prevent severe respiratory illness and hospitalization. Nationally, there were\u00a028,000 flu-related death in the 2023-2024 season\u00a0and 205 pediatric flu-related deaths were reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,140,138,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-directors-notes","category-flu","category-vfaar","category-vfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}