Flu vaccinations help keep your workplace healthy

As fall weather approaches, flu season also is upon us. Physicians Quality Care OCCMed is scheduling employee flu shots so companies can protect their employees from the highly contagious flu virus.

The CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone six months and older as the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease.

While there are many different flu viruses, the flu vaccine is designed to protect against the three main flu strains that research indicates will cause the most illness this year. The protection you get from the vaccination will last throughout the flu season.

The timing of and severity of the flu is unpredictable and can vary from season to season. Flu activity most commonly peaks in the United States in January or February. However, seasonal flu activity can begin as early as October and continue into May.

The flu – a contagious respiratory illness caused by a virus – can be serious.

Since 2010, the CDC estimates that the flu has caused between 140,000 and 960,000 hospitalizations each year and thousands of deaths.

Set up employee flu shots today

The flu not only makes employees and their families sick, it also disrupts the workplace and effects your bottom line when people can’t work because of sickness.

Contact Jennifer Carmack at 731-784-8400 or jennifer@physiciansqualitycare.com to schedule the vaccine at a time convenient for you.