Line Tickets Needed to Attend County H1N1 Vaccination Events

(November 5, 2009) The Saint Louis County Department of Health will use a line-ticket system at the five public H1N1 vaccination sites on Saturday, November 7th.  Those wanting to be immunized will first need to get a line ticket before being allowed into the clinic.

“The supply of H1N1 vaccine is very limited right now, so we needed a system to make sure that people don’t wait in line all day only to be told there is nothing left,” said Dr. Dolores J. Gunn, Director of the County Health Department.  “There will be only one line ticket for each dose of available vaccine.”

Line tickets will be handed out at each of the five H1N1 vaccination sites starting at 7:00 a.m.  Each line ticket will designate either the morning (a.m.) session or the afternoon (p.m.) session.  One member of a family may also pick up line tickets for other members of his or her family.  The vaccinations themselves will be given from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) has identified five priority groups that are at a particularly high risk from H1N1 flu, either because they are at a higher risk of contracting the flu, or because they are at a higher risk of developing flu-related complications if they do get sick.  The five groups are:

Pregnant women;
- Children from 6 months of age through 4 years of age;
- Caregivers of and those who live with infants under the age of 6 months;
- Youth from 5 years of age through 18 years of age with an underlying health condition that makes them more susceptible to flu complications; and
- Emergency medical service personnel and healthcare workers.
The events will be held at five area high schools.  Those five schools are:

Hazelwood West High School
1 Wildcat Lane
Hazelwood, MO 63042
  
Jennings High School
8850 Cozens Avenue
Jennings, MO 63136  

(Parking for the Jennings location will be at 8960 Jennings Station Road; however, participants will first need to pick up a line ticket at the high school.)
  
Lafayette High School
17050 Clayton Road
Wildwood, MO 63038
  
Lindbergh High School
4900 South Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63126
  
Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School
(Line ticket distribution and parking for the Maplewood location will be at the parking lot of the Sunnen Products Company, located at 16 Sunnen Drive, Maplewood, MO 63143.)

Future H1N1 vaccination clinics are being planned for December and January.  In the interim, the County Health Department will continue to distribute vaccine to schools, OB/GYNs, pediatricians, hospitals, and clinics to address the needs of the CDC-identified priority groups.

For more information, please visit the Health Department’s Flu Vaccine Information website and www.saintlouiscountyflu.com for comprehensive influenza information.