Ohio Department of Health orders additional H1N1 flu vaccine

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) submitted an order for 182,700 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday afternoon. The vaccine will be shipped directly to 467 local health departments, pediatricians and OB/GYNs in the state's 88 counties.

The order includes 10,200 doses of nasal-spray vaccine and 172,500 shots of H1N1 flu vaccine.

The vaccine is intended for high-risk individuals including health care workers and EMS workers who provide direct patient care; pregnant women; people who live with or care for children less than 6 months; all people 6 months to 24 years; and people 25 to 64 years with chronic medical conditions.

Local providers may vaccinate some subset of the above group depending on vaccine supply and the demographic makeup of the patients they serve.

The vaccine orders should begin arriving at provider offices and clinics Nov. 17, according to CDC.