Have a business in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area? Would you like to provide flu shots for your employees? If you can guarantee us 20 vaccinations, we will bring the flu clinic to you at no charge. Check out this presentation I gave to the Council Bluffs Business Connection.

1. On-Site Flu Clinic
for
Your Business
Dr. Meagan E. Wilson, PharmD, RPh
Interim Pharmacist in Charge
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Kmart Pharmacies

2. A Little About Me
• Graduated in 2001 from Drake University in
Des Moines, IA
• Have worked as a pharmacist in a variety of
retail settings across Iowa for the past 14
years.
• I currently float for Kmart Pharmacies in Iowa
and Nebraska

3. Get a Vaccine from a Pharmacist??!!
• Not too long ago, vaccines were only given in
doctor’s offices.
• That changed around 2005 when the
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
introduced pharmacist-based vaccination
training.
– I was certified in 2007
– Most new pharmacists are now trained during
pharmacy school.

4. • Pharmacists are the most widely available,
easily accessible health care provider.
– Lots of locations
– Longer hours of business
• Saves patients $ (no office visit)
• Frees up doctors
Get a Vaccine from a Pharmacist??!!

5. • How many of you have gone to work despite
feeling poorly?
– Were you as effective at your job?
• How many of you have ever missed a day of work
because you came down with the flu?
• How many of you have ever missed a day of work
because you were caring for a sick family member
with the flu?
– How many of you have missed more than one day?

6. • When someone calls in sick with the flu, how
does that affect your bottom line?
– Do you have to find a replacement for the day?
– Do you have to rearrange your schedule?
– Do you have to reschedule a meeting?
– Do you have to pay someone overtime to make up
for the shortage?
– Do you miss a deadline?

7. Flu Facts
• Most people who get the flu recover in less
than two weeks
• Some people will develop complications (such
as pneumonia)
– Some complications can be life threatening
– Very young and the elderly are most at risk for
developing complications
– People with risk factors and certain disease states

8. • Preventable infections are associated with
more the 200,000 hospitalizations and 50,000
deaths each year in the US.
• It’s estimated that vaccines prevent in the US :
– 14,000,000 cases of preventable disease/year
– 33,000 cases of preventable death/year
Flu Facts
Institute of Medicine Report. Shaping the Future for Health - Calling the Shots
Immunization Finance Policies and Practice.
http://books.nap.edu/html/calling_the_shots/reportbrief.pdf.

9. Flu Facts
• Flu costs US businesses approx. $10.4 Billion in
direct costs for hospitalizations and outpatient
visits for adults.
• Employees who have been vaccinated for flu
have:
– 13% - 44% fewer health care/provider visits
– 18% - 45% fewer lost workdays
– 18% - 28% fewer work days with reduced
effectiveness
Information provide by CDC and National Business on Group Health

10. How Can Help?
• Kmart offers on-site clinics for businesses!
– Service offered for free
• No service charge for us to come to you
– Minimum of 20 vaccinations, please
• Families of employees are welcome at the clinic
– Minimum age requirements vary by state:
» Iowa: 6 years old
» Nebraska: 3 years old
– We will bring everything that is needed.

11. • We can bill your company’s insurance.
– We can run a “test claim” to see the cost per
person
– Lots of insurance companies provide flu
vaccinations at no charge
• If you don’t have group insurance, there are payment
options.
– Discounts for small or large companies based on
volume
How Can Help?

12. • We offer several different flu vaccines
– Trivalent
– Quadrivalent
– High Dose (for 65+ years old)
• Other vaccines are available
– Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus,
Mumps/Measles/Rubella, Pneumococcal,
Shingles, Tdap (Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis),
Tetanus/diphtheria
How Can Help?

13. How Do I Set Up a Clinic?
• Simply give us a call or send us an email.
– Phone: 402.895.7220
– Meagan.wilson@searshc.com
• There’s a simple agreement form to fill out
• Find a date and time that works for both of us!
How Can Help?

14. How Do I Set Up a Clinic?
• Any employee who is not available on the day
that we do the clinic can stop by the pharmacy
and receive their vaccination at any time.
We will work with you to make this as
easy as possible for your business!
How Can Help?

15. How Can Help?
• Does anyone have
any questions?