Nursing Update

Health Habits to prevent against Flu according to CDC.org/flu/prevent/actions-prevent-flu.htm

1. Avoid close contact. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. ...
2. Stay home when you are sick. ...
3. Cover your mouth and nose. ...
4. Clean your hands. ...
5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. ...
6. Practice other good health habits.

 

 

• Recommendations for receiving the Flu Vaccine- Those as young as 6 months old are recommended to receive the Flu vaccine annually.
• There are several flu shots approved for use in people as young as 6 months old and older, and two are approved only for adults 65 years and older.
• Flu shots also are recommended for pregnant people and people with certain chronic health conditions.
• The nasal spray flu vaccine is approved for use in people 2 years through 49 years of age. People who are pregnant and people with certain medical conditions should not receive the nasal spray flu vaccine.
• For people younger than 65 years, CDC does not recommend any one flu vaccine over another.
• For adults 65 years and older, there are three flu vaccines that are preferentially recommended for people 65 years and older. These are Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent inactivated flu vaccine, Flublok Quadrivalent recombinant flu vaccine and Fluad Quadrivalent adjuvanted inactivated flu vaccine. If none of the three flu vaccines preferentially recommended for people 65 and older is available at the time of administration, people in this age group can get any other age-appropriate flu vaccine instead.