Priority
Groups
Priority
groups for H1N1 vaccine include:
·
Children and
young adults 6 months to 24 years old;
·
Pregnant
women;
·
People
caring for or living with infants under 6 months of age;
·
People aged
25 to 64 with medical conditions that put them at a higher risk for
influenza-related complications;
·
Some health
care workers *
·
Some
frontline law enforcement and public safety workers ++
If you are not in a priority group, but would like to
receive the vaccine, please check our website mid-November for more
information.
*Health Care Worker
Health-care personnel (HCP) include all paid and unpaid persons
working in health-care settings who have the potential for exposure to patients
with influenza, infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated
medical supplies and equipment, or contaminated environmental surfaces. HCP
might include (but are not limited to) physicians, nurses, nursing assistants,
therapists, technicians, emergency medical service personnel, dental personnel,
pharmacists, laboratory personnel, autopsy personnel, students and trainees,
contractual staff not employed by the health-care facility, and persons (e.g.,
clerical, dietary, housekeeping, maintenance, and volunteers) not directly
involved in patient care but potentially exposed to infectious agents that can
be transmitted to and from HCP. The recommendations in this report apply to HCP
in acute-care hospitals, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, physicians'
offices, urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics, and to persons who
provide home health care and emergency medical services (27). Emergency medical
services personnel might include persons in an occupation (e.g., emergency
medical technicians and fire fighters) who provide emergency medical care as
part of their normal job duties.
++ Front
Line Law Enforcement and Public Safety Workers
• Front
line state and local law enforcement officers and firefighters who have or are
likely to have recurring physical contact with the public as a routine part of
their usual work;
•
Correctional personnel in state prisons, local jails, and juvenile correctional
facilities who come in physical contact with adult or juvenile offenders;
• Public
safety emergency telecommunicators including 911 and line dispatchers; and
• Active service
members in the Oregon National Guard.