Flu clinic, emergency exercise
Katina Tengesdal/MDN •
The medical counselor serves the purpose of screening individuals who might not be well enough to receive a flu shot, and meets with individuals who had indicated possible problems on the forms they filled out during the flu shot clinic.
First District Health Unit of Minot held a Point of Dispensing exercise and flu shot clinic Monday at the Minot Municipal Auditorium to practice how they would run a mass vaccination clinic in the event of a public health emergency. “We have two objectives, first of all, to vaccinate for flu like we always do, and second, to meet our preparedness objective,” said Penny Hamilton, director of nursing for First District Health Unit. “If there was a mass need for drug dispensing or vaccines, we would have a way to process people quickly. For example, in an anthrax attack, we would have to have pills in everybody in the community within 48 hours,” said Jose Estrada, emergency preparedness and response coordinator for First District Health. During the first hour of the clinic, staff tracked how many people were able to get their flu shots. During the hour, 227 individuals went through the clinic.
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