Public Health Nursing
In the Community with Shots & Screenings from the Health Department
The Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department provides health services for people of all ages who are residents of Richland County. At the Health Department, services are provided through our on-site clinic, in the community and through our home visits. The Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department works with local health care providers and the Ohio Department of Health to control the outbreak of communicable disease.

At our clinic and in the field, nurses provide immunizations, conduct pre-natal, well-child, and school-based clinics as well as general  health clinics with the additional support of social workers and dietitians. An interpreter may be arranged if needed for foreign language or hearing impaired clients.

Contacts: Phone 419-774-4540; Amy Vincent, Director of Nursing; Judy Culler, Public Health Nursing Supervisor; Mary Derr, Public Health Nursing Supervisor/Epidemiologist

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LATEST PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING NEWS STORIES

National Influenza Vaccination Week
Posted January 11, 2010 — The Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department is reminding county residents that there is still time, and good reason, to get vaccinated against the 2009 H1N1 virus. That’s the primary message during National Influenza Vaccination Week, January 10 -16.
2009 H1N1 virus is still causing sickness and even death in the Untied States. Vaccination is your best protection.
During National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Health Department will have H1N1 clinics at four locations: • January 12 (Tuesday) at the Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department, Corley Room 555 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. • January 13 (Wednesday) at the Lexington Senior/Civic Center, 67 East Main, Lexington, 1 - 4:30 p.m. • January 14 (Thursday) Two Locations: at the Butler Senior Center, 20 W. Henry St., Butler, 9 - 11 a.m. and at the Bellville St. Paul Lutheran Church, 48 Church St., Bellville, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
These are the first four of eleven (11) total vaccination sites that the Health Department will have in January. The full list is available at www.richlandhealth.org.
The Health Department continues to ask all residents to practice healthy habits during the flu season: • Get vaccinated for 2009 H1N1 influenza. • Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash directly afterwards. If a tissue is not available, cough or sneeze into your shoulder or elbow. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way. • Avoid close contact with sick people. • Keep sick children at home. • If you have flu-like symptoms (fever with a cough or sore throat), stay home until you are without a fever for 24 hours without the use of medication.
For more information about influenza and flu vaccines, visit www.flu.gov or call 800-CDC-INFO.

HELP AVOID GETTING SICK: WASH YOUR HANDS
Updated April 28, 2009 - Handwashing may be your single most important act to help stop the spread of infection and stay healthy. Washing your hands is particularly important during flu season. The CDC has made a handwashing video available: CLICK Here. You can also download two posters in PDF format. One is on "Cover Your Cough" and the other is a "Handwashing Poster" from the CDC.