Roll Up Your Sleeve: MediNurse Vaccinates Against Seasonal Flu

Now is the Time to Make Individual and Corporate Appointments

MediNurse, now in its 28th year as the premier provider of private duty services and corporate wellness programs in St. Louis, is prepared for an active flu season.

MediNurse is already busy giving flu shots. Individuals can make appointments at the MediNurse office at 12852 Manchester Road and corporations can schedule on-site workforce inoculations.  

MediNurse is providing the trivalent seasonal vaccine, recommended by the CDC, and anticipates giving more than 40,000 flu shots this year. The CDC urges everyone get a flu shot due to the fact that the flu was considered moderately severe last year, beginning in the fall and continuing into spring months.

MediNurse will be on site at 550 companies, including Edward Jones, the St. Louis Archdiocese and Energizer Inc., that contract with MediNurse as part of a preventive wellness program to maintain a healthy workforce and lower insurance costs. Flu shots can reduce absenteeism by up to 36% and save up to $150 per employee. The average time missed is 2.8 days. Drawing from a team of at least 40 nurses, MediNurse will administer the flu shots, insuring that employees can return promptly to work.

Healthcare workers also play an important role in the fight against the flu. By getting flu shots themselves, they are one of the first lines of defense in helping to prevent the spread of the flu.  They are protecting their own health as well as their patients.

Flu is a contagious disease that spreads throughout the US every winter, usually between October and May. It is caused by the influenza virus and can be spread by coughing, sneezing and close contact. Every year 36,000 people die from influenza and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized. According to the CDC, this number could dramatically drop if more people were vaccinated.

The seasonal flu shot is an inactivated virus. You cannot get the flu from the flu shot, but you may have minor redness or soreness at the injection site. After you get the vaccine, it takes up to 14 days for it to become active in your body.

To make an appointment, call 314.781.2800 or for more information visit www.medinurse.com.