Influenza Information:
Helpful Isolation Guidelines for Students Off Campus or at Home
These guidelines will be helpful to you, your roommates and the
rest of the Tufts community as you recover.
Flu – What you Can Do
(Helpful materials from the MA Department of Public Health)
This booklet provides helpful information to parents and others caring for
someone with the flu. Take a look. It’s a great resource.
Student flu clinics held in mid-September had
unprecedented demand, and over 2,000 students
have already been vaccinated. This exceeds last
year’s total by several hundred students.We
plan to hold additional seasonal flu clinics
when vaccine becomes available. As recent news
articles indicate, many manufacturers have had
to delay distribution of seasonal flu vaccine in
order to get the H1N1 vaccine ready as soon as
possible.
We hope to receive more seasonal flu vaccine before
the season hits in December/January, but production of H1N1
vaccine has slowed down production of this vaccine considerably.
We anticipate being able to vaccinate students as soon as
the vaccine becomes available.
Any flu is to be taken seriously. In order to
speed recovery and keep the community healthy,
faculty and staff who experience flu-like
symptoms--fever combined with either cough or
sore throat--should not come to work and should
contact their doctor with flu-related concerns.
These clinics will provide immunization against
the seasonal flu. Tufts is monitoring the
evolving plans for distribution of an H1N1
vaccine and once it is available will work to
facilitate H1N1 immunization at Tufts in
accordance with the guidelines being developed
by public health authorities.
H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinics--H1N1 Vaccine
is being manufactured and will be distributed by
the Federal Government for administration to
high priority groups. It is estimated that
vaccine will be available in late fall to early
winter. Healthy college students are currently
in the second tier of priority. Once clinics are
scheduled, we will post dates here and advertise
widely.
H1N1 Influenza and Health Service
Appointments
If illness volume increases rapidly from H1N1
flu, we may need to curtail appointments for
non-urgent matters, for a period of time. All
students should have a thermometer so they can
check their temperature if they become ill.
STAY HEALTHY THIS YEAR!
We all can help!
- Frequent Hand washing
- Cough into sleeve/elbow
- Avoid touching nose, eyes, mouth
- Stay away from ill people
STAY HOME WHEN ILL WITH FEVER
For additional links and information see:
emergency.tufts.edu/flu, and
www.gov.cdc/H1N1flu |