FLU VACCINATIONS

Flu Vaccinations

Give your staff and business an advantage this winter by fighting flu-related employee absenteeism. Book your company's on-site flue vaccinations with Maisha Wellness solutions. We offer a professionally managed service nationwide.

Flu vaccination season begins in March when the seasonal vaccine becomes available. Maisha Wellness Solutions offers a tailored service to suit your workplace environment- we can visit your company onsite with our qualified nurses or we offer a flexible flu voucher system that can be used throughout South Africa. The unique flu vaccination voucher allows staff to receive a vaccination at their local medical centre and have the cost reimbursed through Maisha Wellnes Solutions - perfect for staff in locations where an onsite flu clinic is not available or for staff who prefer to receive their vaccination from their GP.

Flu vaccination inclusions We offer a nationwide service. We can bring our onsite mobile service to your workplace dependent on staff numbers. We provide a handy flu vaccination voucher. We allocate 20 min consultations for each employee (includes vaccination and 'observation' time). We include a customised online web booking service for your employee's convenience. We project manage your vaccination programme from start to finish. We include promotional material for office areas, lunch rooms etc. to advertise the service to staff.

Flu The flu virus can put a healthy person in bed for a week. Being fit and healthy helps your immune system but will not fully protect you from the flu. Even if you had a flu vaccine or virus last year, chances are you're not immune to this year's most common virus because it's different - they keep changing. The vaccines are made each year based on the most common types of flu circulating.

Get a flu vaccination as early in the season as possible because it can take up to two weeks after the vaccination for you body to build up antibodies.

Studies show you can't get sick from a flu vaccine. The vaccine contains fragments of disrupted (inactivated) virus to stimulate the immune system to make antibodies that will protect you.

Some people think they've become sick from the flu vaccine but many other viruses are also present throughout the year, so coincidentally catching a different respiratory infection or other 'flu-like' virus may be being blamed on the flu vaccination.

The flu vaccine is not useless even if it does not correspond exactly to the flu strain that appears each year. Effectiveness is reduced only by the degree of difference between the virus and vaccine strains, but its efficacy is not completely lost.

Research shows that if you do contract a version of the flu virus after a current seasonal flu vaccination your symptoms are more likely to be reduced than if you had not received a vaccination at all. The flu vaccine is generally well tolerated. Some side effects have been reported and usually disappear within one to two days without treatment.

Information courtesy of National Influenza Strategy Group, New Zealand

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Studies show you can't get sick from a flu vaccine. The vaccine contains fragments of disrupted (inactivated) virus to stimulate the immune system to make antibodies that will protect you.

Some people think they've become sick from the flu vaccine but many other viruses are also present throughout the year, so coincidentally catching a different respiratory infection or other 'flu-like' virus may be being blamed on the flu vaccination.

The flu vaccine is not useless even if it does not correspond exactly to the flu strain that appears each year. Effectiveness is reduced only by the degree of difference between the virus and vaccine strains, but its efficacy is not completely lost.