November 6, 2009

CDHD Resumes School Vaccinations

Teams of nurses from the Central District Health Department (CDHD) will begin vaccinating students in the Mountain Home and Kuna schools the beginning the week of November 9th. The H1N1 flu vaccinations are free and optional.

As supplies allow, most students will be receiving the nasal spray form of the vaccine, unless there is some medical reason for them not to.

The school districts will provide parents with consent forms that must be completed before any student will receive a flu vaccination. The forms are available on this page of the CDHD website.

CDHD is also inviting parents of enrolled students who may have siblings not yet old enough to attend school or who are home-school, to bring them to their child’s school on the day the vaccination clinics are scheduled. Students absent from school on the day of the vaccination clinic can still get a free vaccination at one of the public Point of Dispensing (POD) flu clinics scheduled by CDHD.

Glenns Ferry school students will receive the H1N1 flu vaccination from the school nurse as consent forms come in.

For more information on the flu please visit the CDHD website at www.cdhd.idaho.gov or call the CDHD Flu Hotline at 321-2222.

Please note: The schedules listed below are subject to change based on vaccine availability.

Mountain Home School District Schedule

Kuna School District Schedule