Workplace Flu Vaccinations

Why do you need a Flu vaccination?

Immunisation is one of the best ways to protect yourself, your children, and others in our community against certain diseases through immunisation programs.

When a large percentage of the population are immunised against some specific diseases, it becomes harder for that disease to spread. If enough people in the community are immunised, the infection can no longer be spread from person to person and the disease could die out altogether.

Immunisation is a simple, safe and highly effective way of protecting children and adults from harmful diseases before they come into contact with them. It is estimated that vaccinations currently save up to 2.5 million lives worldwide each year.

The benefits of immunisation far outweigh the risks of illness and complications from the diseases they prevent.

How Flu affect workplaces

  • Influenza is easily transmitted through inhaling respiratory aerosols released when coughing or sneezing or by direct contact with respiratory secretions (think of keyboards and phones).

  • Then follows an incubation period of 1 to 3 days after which symptoms start. Initially people think they have a cold and continue to work on, thereby potentially spreading the illness to work colleagues.

  • In addition to absenteeism due to being unwell, which can be of several days if not weeks duration, it is recognized that influenza may cause weeks of feeling unwell and fatigued with resultant decrease in productivity.

How Flu vaccination works

  • Immunisation uses the body’s natural defence mechanism – the immune response.

  • When a person is vaccinated, their body produces an immune response in the same way their body would after exposure to a disease, but without the person suffering symptoms of the disease.

  • When a person comes in contact with that disease in the future, their immune system will rapidly produce antibodies to prevent or reduce the severity of the disease.

Contact us now to immunise your workplace