The Grundy County Health Department is bringing back the drive-thru flu shot clinic for 2018.
The drive-thru format gives the Grundy County Health Department an opportunity to practice its emergency mass dispensing plan.
The drive-thru clinic will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will serve Grundy County residents 18 years of age and older.
“It has been five years since we held our drive-thru flu shot clinic,” said Kelli Hillerman, RN, BSN, emergency response planner for the Grundy County Health Department. “The event has been very popular in the past, we vaccinated as many as 800 people in just four hours. The drive-thru clinic is an excellent way for us to practice the plans we have to dispense medication to our whole community in the event of a public health crisis. We hope the public will come out and support the clinic as they have in the past,”
The same locations and route will be used:
• The route begins on southbound Princeton Road (access via Oklahoma Avenue).
• The paperwork checkpoint will be at the First Christian Church (1700 Princeton Road).
• Vaccinations will be given at the Grundy County Emergency Services Complex.
Documents for the drive-thru flu clinic will be posted to the Grundy County Health Department website after Thursday, Sept. 20. The web address is www.GrundyCHD.org.
“The clinic runs more quickly and efficiently when the documents are completed in advance but participants do not have to download the documents to participate,” Mrs. Hillerman said. “If you don’t have access to a computer, packets will be available at the Grundy County Health Department office prior to Oct. 16.”
Additional clinic dates will be announced for children and adults who cannot be present for the drive-thru event.
Volunteers are needed for this year’s clinic. Persons who would like to assist are asked to contact Abby Oberman at the health department, 359-4196. More information about the event is available from health department administrator Elizabeth Gibson or Mrs. Hillerman.
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