URGENT CARE JUST GOT EASIER -
Tricare Urgent Care Pilot

Beginning May 23, 2016 the Urgent Care Pilot will allow most TRICARE Prime beneficiaries  (NOT to include stateside Active Duty Service Members) TWO URGENT PRIMARY CARE VISITS in the U.S. each fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30) without a referral or prior authorization. To get even more out of the Urgent Care Pilot, you can call the Nurse Advice Line at 1-800-TRICARE (1-800-874-2273) and choose option 1.
For more information, visit www.tricare.mil.

 

 

2016-2017 INFLUENZA SEASON IS HERE! Get Vaccinated!

 **It's flue season. Are you ready?**

 Protect You and Your Family this Flu Season: Get a Flu Shot! 

Flu season is on its way and now is the time to make sure you and your family is protected. Click : Read more about this year's vaccines and find out how flu can be dangerous for some children.

This season’s vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses. CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone 6 months and older. While how well the vaccine works can vary, flu vaccine is the best way to protect against flu. Vaccination can reduce flu illnesses, doctors' visits, and missed work and school, as well as prevent hospitalizations. It takes about two weeks after vaccination for protection to set in, making now the perfect time to get vaccinated.

 
WHERE CAN I GET VACCINATED?

Naval Health Clinic Quantico (NHCQ) is now offering seasonal influenza (flu) vaccinations for all active duty military members, TRICARE beneficiaries, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians where influenza vaccination is written in their position description as a condition of employment, DoD civilians and contractors specifically required to be immunized for continuity of operations, reservists, and foreign military members. Stop by the clinic and get yours today!

WHEN CAN I GET VACCINATED?

 
Vaccines will be given on a walk-in basis, no appointment is necessary. This season, under the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, no FluMist will be provided by the Department of Defense, CDC found it offered no protection against flu for children 2 through 17 years of age last season.
Flu vaccine will be administrated at NHCQ Mainside Immunizations Clinic, located on the first floor, Hallway F, during the hours of 0730 and 1530, Monday through Friday.  TBS personnel can visit the TBS Clinic between 0800 and 1530.  WNY BHC personnel can visit these clinics from 0700-1500. All other DoD civilians requesting vaccination at the clinic will be required to complete a DD Form 2569, Other Health Insurance (OHI) or present OHI card before receiving immunization. 
For more information regarding influenza and vaccinations call:
NHCQ Mainside Immunizations Clinic
Phone: 703-784-1537 

SHOTEX

MCB Command/Unit representatives can contact the Influenza Shot Exercise Coordinator to set up a visit from a mobile vaccinations team to conduct influenza vaccination exercises for their active duty military personnel.  Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for unit commanders to meet the 90 percent objective for active duty by early December 2016. 

Influenza Shot Exercise Coordinator-
Phone:  703-784-1685/1671         

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TIME

Looking ahead, Hurricane Preparedness time is now upon us. It is your time to prepare for a potential land-falling tropical storm or hurricane.

Form more information, please visit: NOAA's Hurricane Preparedness page.

Share this with your friends and family to ensure that they are as fully prepared as possible in case of a storm.

ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION

Zika is a viral infection primarily spread by mosquito bites.

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other birth
defects.

Currently, Zika outbreaks are occurring in numerous Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and throughout Central America and South America.

The Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued travel notices for more than 40 countries and territories that are reporting Zika outbreaks.

To learn more visit: http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/.