Flu vaccination clinic for health workers

The Southern Nevada Health District will hold an H1N1 vaccination clinic at its main location all day Saturday.

The clinic is available to medical service personnel in Southern Nevada who have frequent contact with patients and meet guidelines for FluMist, the inhaled vaccine.

FluMist is only approved for people between the ages of 2 and 49, who are not pregnant, and have no underlying or chronic medical conditions, such as asthma or diabetes.

"This is a closed clinic and is not available to members of additional priority groups due to limited use guidelines for the inhaled vaccine and the limited number of doses received," the district said in a news release.

Clark County received 20,600 doses of the vaccine, which will be given to doctors, EMTs and nurses.

Vaccinations hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the district's office, 625 Shadow Lane.

Also Thursday, the Nevada State Health Division launched a new H1N1 vaccine tool intended to inform the public about vaccine availability.

People can go to http://health.nv.gov and http://flu.nv.gov. County by county information will be accessible on the Web site.

"We anticipate having enough vaccine to have larger vaccination clinics for H1N1 by November," Dr. Tracey Green, state health officer, said in a news release. "Keep checking back at the flu locator link, as this Web site will be updated frequently."

People who want to receive updated information in a timely manner can sign up on ListServ, located on the flu.nv.gov site in the "media" box.