The departments of health Torrevieja and Vinalopó (Elche) begin the campaign of vaccination against flu

-The Ministry of health has designed 33,000 doses for Health Department, Torrevieja, and 25,200 dose for the Department of health in the vinalopo Valley, according to the population of each area.

-practitioners of both departments will have a campaign made to measure: get vaccinated, it is your responsibility to ” is the motto of this initiative that aims to inform and raise awareness about the importance of the vaccination as a guarantee for the protection of patients and family members attended every day.

Torrevieja, 2011-September Torrevieja and Vinalopó (Elche), health departments have begun vaccination against seasonal influenza 2011 campaign.

The Ministry of health has allocated 33,000 doses for Health Department, Torrevieja, and 25,200 dose to the Department of health in the vinalopo Valley, according to the population of each area. The number of vaccines in both departments has increased slightly over the previous year.

Thus, since yesterday, citizens have more than 20 points of vaccination in both departments to go to immunize influenza, health centres and clinics.

Risk groups for which recommends the vaccine inoculation are as follows:

-all persons 60 years or older, especially those who live in institutions closed.
-people under the age of 60, to present a special medical condition with a high risk of complications from influenza or because the disease can cause a descompensacióhis condition n medical.
-people who can transmit influenza to those which have a high risk of complications.
-people who work in essential public services, with special emphasis on the forces and security forces of the State, national, regional or local unit, firemen, civil protection servicespeople who work in public health emergencies and services workers in correctional institutions and other centres of detention by judicial decision.

Campaign tailored for health professionals

Workers in health centres, both primary care such as hospital, are a group of risk to which it is recommended, especially the administration of the vaccine. In the case of medical professionals, vaccine inoculation is highly recommended, especially for those who care for patients of some of the high risk groups for which it is advisable to vaccination.

Health professionals can be asymptomatic carriers during the incubation period, spreading without realizing the people around them.

With this objective both health departments have launched awareness-raising campaign get vaccinated, it is your responsibility to ” that, through informative talks aimed at health professionals, aims to inform and raise awareness about the importance of vaccination as a guarantee for the protection of patients and family members attended every day.

Seasonal influenza, so what?

Influenza is transmitted from person to person through respiratory secretions. The period of transmissibility extends from 24-48 hours before the onset of symptoms until 5-6 days later. The incubation period is 1-5 days.

Annual vaccination is the main prevention measure against the flu, still need to be vaccinated every year because the strains that make up the vaccine change from one season to another.

The effectiveness of the vaccine is approximately 80%. The main objective of the vaccination campaigns is to protect groups at risk in which the disease is potentially serious its complications.