SERVICES
Flu Shots
You can get your flu shot here, it’s that simple. We provide annual flu shots for all eligible Albertans. When flu season hits, be sure to protect yourself and your family with our influenza immunization services.
You could be carrying the flu and not even know it. Make sure you and your loved ones are protected from the flu.
If 9.9 million Canadians get the flu shot this year *, we will:
- Kiss 433,000 flu cases goodbye #
- Reduce flu-related doctor’s office visits by 10,000 #
- Keep 2,800 flu cases out of our emergency rooms #
- And prevent 197 flu-related deaths #
- Influenza survey results published by Public Health Services and Canadian demographics information published by Stats Canada, accessed at: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/vaccine-uptake-results-2015-16-national-influenza-immunization-coverage-survey.html and https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/91-215-x/2012000/part-partie2-eng.htm
- Subject to vaccine availability. By provincial legislation, pharmacists cannot administer a flu shot to children under a certain age. Ask your pharmacists for age restrictions.
- Estimates based on O’Reilly, D., Blackhouse , G., Burns, et al. (2017). Economic analysis of pharmacist - administered influenza immunizations in Ontario. PATH Research Institute: OPEN. https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/symp-2017/presentations/april25-2017/Concurrent-Session-D7-Daria-OReilly.pdf
Visit Hamptons Pharmacy
for your Flu Shot.