To kids, Labor Day means back to school. To employers, it means the dreaded start of the fall and winter flu season, and it’s never too early to begin planning for the inevitable. Keeping in mind that employers lost over 32 million hours of productive employee work time last year due to influenza related absence, WANADA is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Norvar Health Services in Centerville, Virginia to provide on-site flu shots as well as other health screening and wellness programs to member dealerships.
As a local small business, Norvar Health Services, a division of Norvar Sevices, is capable of delivering a range of services from flu shots to turn key health facility operations. Their health providers are licensed in the jurisdiction where practicing, maintain current professional liability insurance (malpractice) and maintain a current CPR certification. Norvar clients include a number of federal and local government agencies.
Onsite immunization services will be available to member dealers during the October to December timeframe for $19 per immunization with a minimum guarantee of 20 participants. This service will ensure that your employees can conveniently take advantage of this important health benefit at
their worksite, says Norvar.
Plenty of Vaccine Available This Year
And unlike the past two years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that plenty of influenza vaccine will be available this year, so there will be no need to let older and more vulnerable people get their flu shots first. Everyone who wants a flu shot will be able to get one in October, giving themselves time to develop immunity before the flu season starts, the CDC said.
Therefore, influenza vaccinations can proceed for all high-risk and healthy persons, individually and through mass campaigns, as soon as vaccine is available, the CDC said.
More than 36,000 people die each year in the United States alone because of influenza, and 114,000 get sick enough to have to go to the hospital, according to the CDC.
The influenza vaccine is reformulated each year to match the currently circulating viruses and while it does not always completely protect from flu infection, it greatly lowers the risk of a patient dying or becoming seriously ill. Yet only about 65 percent of U.S. adults who should get the vaccine actually do.
For more information on Norvar Health Services – the only company recognized by WANADA to deliver this onsite flu immunization program- contact John O’Donnell at WANADA, (202) 237-7200.
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