FIRST DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT - MINOT OFFICE
Beginning Monday, October 6th - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Walk-in basis. Use Door B (south entrance)
The following cards are required for billing purposes:
• Medicare
• Medicare Prescription Drug
• Medicaid
• Identification
Bring these cards along with you.
Cost:
• Flu Shot: $25.00
• Pneumonia Shot: $40.00
For more information contact the Minot office at 701-852-1376.
We all need to be vigilant to help stop the spread of the flu (influenza). The flu shot alone will
not prevent the flu.
Reduce the Risk of Spreading or Catching the Flu
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water. Wash your hands after
coughing, sneezing, before eating, etc.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
Promptly disposeof the tissue.
• Keep your hands away from your face – especially eyes, nose and mouth.
• Stay home if you are ill. Avoid close contact with people who have medical
conditions that would put them at high risk if they got the flu.
• Clean surfaces that are touched frequently, such as door knobs, water
faucets, drinking fountains and telephones.
• Get plenty of rest, exercise and eat properly.
Contagious Period
The time from when a person is exposed to the flu virus to when symptoms begin is about one to four days, with an average
of about two days. The period when an infected person is contagious depends on the age of the person.
• Adults may be contagious from one day prior to becoming sick and for three
to seven days after they first develop symptoms.
• Some children may be contagious for longer than a week.
Treating the Flu
• Get plenty of rest
• Drink plenty of fluids
• Avoid using alcohol and tobacco
• Take medication to relieve the symptoms of flu (but never give aspirin to
children or teenagers who have flu-life symptoms- without first speaking to
your doctor)
In some cases, your doctor may choose to use certain antiviral drugs to treat the flu. (A virus
causes influenza, so antibiotics – like penicillin – don’t work to cure it.) Antiviral drugs do not exactly cure the flu,
but when started with the first two day of illness can reduce the duration of the disease but cannot cure it outright.
The above information is from the First District Health Unit of Minot.
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Contact for Media Relations:
Mary Muhlbradt
701-857-5116 - phone
701-833-3341 – cell phone
701-857-5683 - fax
mary.muhlbradt@trinityhealth.org
Randy Schwan, Vice President
Marketing and Community Education
701-857-5635 - phone
701-857-5683 - fax
randy.schwan@trinityhealth.org
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