Injectable doses of the H1N1 vaccine are available in small quantities in the UI Health Care Family Care Center for pediatrics patients with chronic medical conditions. In addition, quantities of the H1N1 vaccine are available for pregnant women through UI Health Care’s obstetrics clinics.

Seasonal flu vaccine is available in Flu Mist form and injectable form for patients aged 6 months to 3 years. Injectable seasonal flu vaccine for all other ages is not available at this time. Check this site often, as availability of supplies changes daily.

Availability of the H1N1 vaccine remains very limited for administration by UI Health Care. In the October 23 post below, please take note of the protocols being used to distribute the vaccine.

The Johnson County Department of Public Health is sending University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics limited shipments of the H1N1 influenza vaccine. Manufacturing problems have slowed production of the vaccine and the vaccine is in short supply across the nation.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says that any available doses of the H1N1 vaccine should first be given to pregnant health care workers and pregnant patients because the H1N1 virus can severely affect pregnant women. UI Hospitals and Clinics is working to make the H1N1 influenza vaccine available to pregnant health care workers, pregnant patients and to children with chronic medical conditions, subject to availability of the vaccine.

We remain unable to offer the H1N1 vaccine to other health care workers or the general public. We will notify those groups when our vaccine supply is adequate to permit us to begin offering the vaccine to those employees. We are expecting that the supply of H1N1 vaccine will begin to increase within the next four to eight weeks.

Leaders of UI Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Iowa City and the Iowa City VA Medical Center jointly announced today that they will be restricting visitors to help protect patients from the H1N1 influenza virus. Read more.