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.