Seasonal Flu Campaign 2011 2012

Flu is a very infectious and potentially serious illness and a new flu vaccine must be given each year. For older people and those who have a chronic illness, flu can cause severe illness and can even be life threatening. All those at risk should get the flu vaccine this year to make sure that they are protected.

This year’s seasonal flu vaccine contains3 strains of flu viruses as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and had been manufactured in a similar way to previous seasonal vaccine. The three strains are

• A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus (the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus)
• an A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus;
• a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus

Frequently asked questions for those administering the flu vaccine can be accessed here.

You can download our information materials for this years campaign. The following publications are available for download

• Public Flu leaflet - English version, Irish version
• Public Flu poster - English version, Irish version
• Pregnancy Flu leaflet - English version, Irish version
• Healthcare Worker Flu leaflet - English version, Irish version
• Healthcare Worker Flu poster - English version, Irish version
• Frequently Asked Questions for those administering flu vaccine (available in English only)
• Algorithm for PPV vaccine (available in English only)
• Recommendations for seasonal influenzae vaccine 2011/2012