Health professionals - Protect yourself. Protect your patients. Get the Flu Shot.

Influenza Immunization
"the flu shot"

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  Your Flu Season Toolkit

• Who should get the flu shot?
• Find a flu shot clinic
• Wash your hands
• Practice cough etiquette
• Eat well
• Stay active
• Understanding Influenza
• Flu Prevention Checklist
• If you do get the flu
• Complications of the flu
• Related Information
• For Health Professionals
• Set up a Flu Shot Clinic at your Workplace

Be the first to roll up your sleeve!

As a health professional, your patients look to you to answer their questions about the flu shot and help them separate fact from fiction.

You can make a difference this flu season

• When you get a flu shot, you reduce the risk of passing on the virus to your patients - especially those at high risk of complications.
• If you recommend a flu shot, your patients will be more likely to get one!  Research shows that 8 out of 10 people take the advice of a health professional and get the shot.

Preventing the flu is everyone's responsibility

Influenza or the flu is a common infectious, respiratory disease that begins in your nose and throat. It is more serious than a simple cold . It is highly contagious and spreads rapidly from person to person. Influenza affects 10% to 25% of Canadians each year.

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization encourages all Canadians over age 6 months to get a flu shot

Take the flu seriously.  Get the shot.

Find out more

• PHAC information on influenza (flu)
• Seasonal Influenza Guidance
• Provincial/Territorial Information
• Information for Pharmacists
• Influenza Vaccine: From the lab to you
• Vaccine Safety Frequently Asked Questions  
• FluWatch main page 
• Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion
• Protect Yourself from the Flu (poster)