For healthcare providers, fighting seasonal flu starts with ordering flu vaccines. Arranging and supporting a flu clinic is complex enough without having to be concerned about scheduling the delivery of flu vaccine. Therefore, having access to a trustworthy distribution of reliable flu vaccines is vital.

FFF Enterprises is known as the nation’s most trusted distributor of vaccines, including vaccines like Fluvirin®, manufactured by Novartis Vaccines, in part because of the company’s mission to provide healthcare professionals with safe and effective flu vaccines. FFF also distributes Afluria by CSL Biotherapies and Fluzone® by sanofi pasteur, Inc.

A number of flu clinics have already begun. Physicians are stressing the need to be vaccinated by telling their patients that “the flu is nothing to sneeze at.” Doctors can help their patients understand the importance of being immunized by providing them with knowledge about the flu and flu vaccine. This is critical during any flu season since many people are confused about who needs to be immunized against the flu and how flu vaccines actually work. Like other vaccines, Fluvirin works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies against the virus that cause flu.

FFF has helped streamline the distribution of influenza vaccines like Fluvirin by launching an innovative program called MyFluVaccine (www.MyFluVaccine.com), now in its fifth year. In addition to easy online ordering for vaccines like Fluvirin, the MyFluVaccine website provides resources, updates, news and clinic planning tools. There are special educational sections for employer groups and providers, as well as customers. FFF has also produced a “Flu Vaccine Myths & Facts” brochure that is downloadable as a PDF from the website, or as a printed booklet that healthcare physicians can order for their patients.

Many people believe the myths that surround flu vaccine, including the misconception that getting vaccinated early in the flu season may pose a risk that immunity will decrease before the season is over. This is not true, since the seasonal flu vaccine gives protection against the influenza strains that are contained in the vaccine through one flu season. This year Fluvirin contains three different strains of the flu virus that have been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being prevalent for the 2011/12 flu season. These strains are: influenza A (California H1N1 like virus), influenza A (Perth H3N2 like virus) and influenza B (Brisbane like virus).

This year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising everyone aged 6 months and up to get vaccinated against influenza. Safe and effective vaccines like Fluvirin can help stop the potentially deadly spread of seasonal flu. Public health officials agree that getting vaccinated is the single best way to stop influenza in its tracks and maintain public health. For more information, visit www.MyFluVaccine.com. Helping people to stay flu-free and healthy starts with admonishing everyone to get an annual flu vaccine.

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