Immunizations

School - Zap the Flu

Mollen Immunization Clinics has developed a comprehensive school influenza immunization program called "Zap the Flu at School". This School Based Immunization Program has been designed to assist schools and communities in implementing the recommendations of both the Advisory Committees on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for influenza vaccination in school districts across the country.

Nursing Jobs

RN, LPN and LVN nurses needed for flu shot clinics and wellness programs. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills are essential. Requires accurate patient documentation and consent form completion. Reliable transportation is a must. If you are interested in any part-time or full-time seasonal positions with us, please register here.

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Immmunizations & Vaccine Glossary

Immunizations & Vaccine Glossary

Acetominophen - A non-aspirin drug that reduces pain and lowers fever. It goes by several brand names, including Tylenol®.

Antibody - A protein produced by the immune system that helps identify and destroy foreign germs (viruses or bacteria) that attack the body.

Bacteremia - Presence of bacteria in the blood.

Convulsion - An individual’s body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. During convulsions, the person’s muscles contract and relax repeatedly. (See Seizure.)

Encephalitis - Inflammation of the brain.

Encephalopathy - Any illness that affects the brain.

Epidemic - A large outbreak of disease (see outbreak). An epidemic could include many people from the same city, community, or even from an entire country. A world-wide epidemic is called a pandemic.

Exposure - Contact with the germs that cause disease. A person must be both exposed to a disease and susceptible to it (see susceptible) to get sick from the disease.

Febrile Seizure - A seizure caused by a high fever (see seizure).

Immune - Protected from a disease, even when exposed to it. People can become immune after getting a disease or by getting vaccinated against the disease. Opposite of susceptible.

Immunity - Protection from disease. Having antibodies to a disease organism generally makes a person immune.

Local Reaction - A reaction that is restricted to a small area. With vaccines, a local reaction is usually redness, soreness, or swelling where the injection was given.

Meningitis - Inflammation of the covering of the brain or spinal cord.

Outbreak - An unusually large number of cases of a disease occurring around the same time and place, involving people who all got the disease from the same source or from each other.

Paralysis - Inability to move the muscles. Paralysis usually occurs in the arms or legs, but any muscle can become paralyzed, including those that control breathing.

Schedule - (Or vaccination schedule.) The ages and/or intervals at which children should received the various childhood immunizations.

Seizure - A spell in which the muscles may jerk uncontrollably, or in which the patient simply stares at nothing. Usually, a seizure lasts only a brief time and does not cause permanent damage. The seizure may have many causes, including (but not limited to) epilepsy other brain disorders, or a high fever - see febrile seizure. Also called convulsion or fit.

Systemic Reaction - A reaction that affects the entire body, such as a fever or bacteremia (bacteria in the blood).

Susceptible - Vulnerable to disease. Someone who has never had a disease or been vaccinated against it, is susceptible to that disease. The opposite of immune. A person who is immune is no longer susceptible to that disease.

Toxin - Poison. A poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms. Toxins vary in their severity, from minor and acute (like a bee sting) to almost immediately deadly.