Mollen Clinic

Students from four elementary schools in Chandler are among the first in the valley for seasonal vaccines against H1N1 influenza in clinics in schools from Monday if their parents agree.

The plans and FluMist nasal spray vaccinations come in Galveston Elementary in downtown Chandler, Ryan is the primary elementary Jacobson in south Chandler Traditional Academy and Goodman in the north.

At midday Friday, the calendar "if all goes well", said spokesman Terry Locke District, is as follows:

* Jacobson, Monday
* Ryan Tuesday
* CTA-Goodman, Wednesday
* Galveston on Thursday

Mollen Immunization Clinics has selected sites in an effort to extend the limited supply of vaccine evenly throughout the city, said its president, John Roehm. Students from other schools can not be vaccinated at these four sites, but most clinics are coming in Chandler schools as more vaccine becomes available.

Mollen provides a total of 50 clinics in public elementary schools from Monday and plans to ramp up that number that officials of the flu shot churn H1N1, which, like vaccines against seasonal -flu, is grown in eggs.

Mollen, which controls large quantities of vaccines against influenza each year, offers both vaccines in clinics in schools to fight against a flu epidemic in the world. Younger people have little or no immunity against H1N1 and were more seriously affected than older people because their immune systems seem to overreact to the virus.

Health officials have long been preparing for pandemic flu, which strikes every 50 years or more. The last flu pandemic was in 1976. Most experts believe the world is overdue for another flu pandemic hitting with more lethality of regular seasonal influenza, which kills about 36,000 Americans each year.

Chandler Public Schools officials said Wednesday they have few details on the planned clinical and have no way to tell how many students have registered for vaccines.

Mollen officials are asking parents to enroll their children at www.flushotusa.com soon as possible so they can distribute the vaccine when they receive it.

As of Tuesday, 30,000 doses were distributed proportionately Mollen that school districts and charter schools throughout Maricopa County. Parents who do not have access to a computer can complete a paper questionnaire that helps nurses at the clinic to determine which children should receive the injection and should get the live but weakened virus FluMist nasal spray.

Terry Locke, spokesman for the Chandler Unified School District, said Wednesday he expects the details of the four Mollen clinics provided to its elementary schools.

Because clinics are subcontracted to Mollen, it has all the details and work hard for their place, as promised.

Cost of vaccination against influenza depends on the coverage of a student health insurance. Those who have no private medical insurance and those on state Medicaid programs receive the shots free. Students who have private insurance will pay $ 15 for each shot and must then submit a bill to their insurance companies to be repaid.