Do you have a flu season staffing strategy and contingency plan?
Any illness during the year, particularly the flu, can greatly impact employee attendance. Flu Season has arrived, and while on-site vaccination clinics and Flu Shot Programs can help prevent the flu, your workplace must prepare to handle staffing.
Hindsight is 20/20. Look at your past flu season staffing and absenteeism. Use this as your guide to preparing for the upcoming season. Note any increased patient load during the previous Flu Season (October – May). Following vaccination of your employers, your next proactive step is developing a comprehensive staffing plan. Above all, don’t wait for an epidemic to wreak havoc on your staffing situation.
Whether due to staff illness or an increase of patients, try to have staffing resources available to avoid a staffing frenzy. Follow the CDC’s Weekly U.S. Influenza Update. The CDC updates this resource weekly from October through May.
Vaccination is the number one way to prevent the flu.
Workplace flu shot clinics provide an easy and cost-effective way to protect your employees. Mobile Health will help implement On-Site Flu Vaccination Clinics or Flu Shot Program at your workplace.
The CDC recommends vaccinations annually for almost every person over six months old. Receiving the shot each September or October gives you the best chance of staying healthy throughout the cold and flu season.
Contact Mobile Health today to have us create your corporate On-Site Flu Vaccination Clinic as part of your comprehensive flu season staffing strategy. You — and the patients you care for — can’t afford to be without one.
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