Afluria Flu Vaccine Fights Influenza

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Influenza outbreaks are always unpredictable. For healthcare providers, ordering an ample supply of Afluria flu vaccine can aid in flu clinic preparation. Because flu strains mutate from year to year, the severity of an upcoming flu season can quickly escalate. From a public health perspective, it is always imperative that the general public get vaccinated each year with an effective flu vaccine like Afluria, supplied by Merck/CSL.

Afluria is distributed by FFF Enterprises in Temecula, Calif., the country’s most reliable distributor of vaccines. Other flu vaccines in ample supply from FFF include Flucelvax, Fluvirin and Agriflu manufactured by Novartis Vaccines; Fluzone, manufactured by sanofi pasteur; FluLaval and Fluarix manufactured by GSK, and MedImmune’s FluMist Quadrivalent intranasal spray vaccine.
One of the issues healthcare providers face each year is how to receive supplies of flu vaccines like Afluria in the most streamlined manner possible. In 2006, FFF developed an innovative program called MyFluVaccine (www.MyFluVaccine.com) to solve this problem. Unlike the traditional influenza vaccine distribution ...
... system, with its uncertain delivery dates and supplies, MyFluVaccine gives healthcare providers the ability to request their delivery dates and quantities, making it easier to plan and prepare for clinics.

In addition to easy online ordering for supplies of vaccines like Afluria, the MyFluVaccine website provides news, updates, resources and clinic planning tools. There are special informative sections for consumers and employer groups, as well as providers. FFF also produces a “Flu Vaccine Myths & Facts” brochure that is downloadable as a PDF from the website, or as a printed booklet that healthcare providers can order for their patients.

Guarding Against Potential Epidemics

A mild flu outbreak can quickly become an epidemic, and it is almost impossible to predict in advance. Public health officials encourage providers to place flu vaccine orders months in advance while ample supplies are still available. In past flu seasons, many people waited too long only to find that suppliers had run out of vaccine. When it comes to flu vaccination, it is best to plan ahead and be safe rather than sorry. Health experts agree that getting a flu vaccine like Afluria is the best way to halt the spread of flu and minimize the risk of an epidemic.

Understanding the Trivalent Formula

Afluria and other injectable vaccines have a trivalent formulation containing the three flu viruses identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being prevalent for the 2012-13 flu season. These strains are: influenza A (California H1N1 like virus), influenza A (Victoria H3N2 like virus) and influenza B (Wisconsin like virus). Because of this new formulation, even those who received a flu vaccine last year will need to get vaccinated again this year to ensure protection against all three strains.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging everyone 6 months of age and older to get vaccinated against influenza during the 2013-14 flu season. Safe and effective vaccines like Afluria are among the most reliable and easiest ways to avoid the flu and keep flu bugs at bay. For more information, visit www.MyFluVaccine.com.