Reasons for Flu Immunization

Reasons for flu immunizations, A large percent of males and females get vaccinated for three reason, The major reasons for getting the influenza immunizations were just to avoid becoming infected with influenza virus. A large percent of males and females also get the vaccinated even if they are infected with influenza, they still want to get vaccinated to prevent the symptoms from becoming serious. A large proportion of females reported Living with family members at high risk of influenza becoming serious, such as children, the elderly or pregnant women.

Influenza is a serious illness that can lead to you becoming hospitalized and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and the influenza infection will affect everyone differently. Even someone that is healthy can get very sick from the flu and also spread it to others. Over a period of time in the late year of 76 and 07, its estimated to be about 3,000 to 49,000 flu related deaths in the United State

During this time, flu viruses are circulating in the population. An annual seasonal flu vaccine can be either the flu shot or the nasal-spray flu vaccine those are the best way to reduce the chances that you will get the seasonal flu and spread it to others. If more people get vaccinated against the flu ,then less people will get the flu and spread it through that community.

How this affects public health, The flu affects the health of the public because it is easily spread from person to person. Even if you don’t feel sick you could still have the flu and if its not treated it can be very deadly. What’s also bad about people not getting vaccinated is that they can catch the flu from their co-workers or just people walking on the street and the bring that illness hom...

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...es. Ask the person if they can eat eggs without having adverse effects, that’s a good way to check for egg allergy. Ask about any health status, including any current acute illness, and adverse events, including GBS, after prior doses of influenza vaccine.

Procedure for IM injection, First wash your hands with soap and water and dry them. Put on gloves, open the alcohol wipe and wipe the area where you plan on giving the shot. Don’t touch the area after wiping it with the alcohol wipe, also let it air dry. Prepare the needle, hold the syringe with your writing hand and pull the cover off with your other hand. Hold the skin around where you will give the shot. Insert the needle into the muscle, use your wrist to inject the needle through the skin and into the muscle at a 90 degree angle. Inject the medicine and then remove the needle and then dispose of it correctly.