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Article: Medical Associations to Donate Flu Vaccine to Cook County Public Health Outlets; Employees Forgo Vaccinations to Aid High Risk Patients, Educate Public.
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- October 18, 2004
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NORTHFIELD, Ill., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and Des Plaines, Ill.-based Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) are leading an effort to provide additional influenza vaccine to Cook County public health outlets.
The CAP, along with the ENA, is asking all their employees who don't fall in the high risk categories set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to forgo their company provided vaccinations so that the vaccine can be saved for high risk patients.
"We believe it is important to set a positive example for other organizations and the general public by answering the CDC's call to allocate ...