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Posted: September 27 2009 at 2:34pm

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Posted: October 16 2009 at 5:43pm

H1N1: County scrubs vaccine clinics after being shorted doses

State urges good hygiene to prevent flu

By Bobby Magill
BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com

Larimer County is scuttling tentative plans for H1N1 flu, or swine flu, vaccine clinics because the state and the county did not received the expected number of vaccine doses.

County health officials had hoped to give 12,000 doses of the vaccine at three mass vaccination clinics in Fort Collins and Loveland the week of Oct. 26, but now there may be only one clinic where 2,500 doses will be given, said County Health Department spokeswoman Jane Viste.

This week’s shipment of the vaccine to state health officials contained far fewer vaccine doses than ex-pected. The state was scheduled to receive 183,000 doses, but received only 50,000 doses to be distributed state-wide, the Colorado

Department of Health and Environment announced in a statement Thursday.
Figures for expected available doses were only projections, Viste said.

“The projection didn’t match reality,” she said. “We’re hoping with time, we’ll catch up with the original numbers.”

The state is relying on the federal government to provide the vaccine, but inoculation availability changes by the day, said Joni Reynolds, CDPHE Immunization Program director.

“This is frustrating, especially for those individuals who know they have an increased risk and are anx-ious to get the vaccine,” said Colorado Chief Medical Officer Ned Calonge. “We continue to be assured by our federal partners that we will receive the vaccine we need to provide immunizations for those Colo-radans who need them.”

Some Fort Collins-area pharmacies are advertising that they have the H1N1 vaccine. Receipts from local Walgreens stores and the Walgreens Web site say they have the vaccine available, however, Wal-greens pharmacies reported Friday they don’t actually have any doses of the vaccine despite the ads.

“It’s a very confusing situation,” Viste said. “I think the public is anxious to receive their vaccinations. It’s understandable they would be confused and concerned about this.”

Until the vaccine gets here, Calonge said, good hygiene is the best way to prevent flu infection.

He urged the public to wash hands frequently; cough or sneeze into your arm or sleeve, not in your hand; avoid people with any respiratory illnesses; and stay home from work when you’re sick.

For the latest updates on the available of the H1N1 flu vaccine, check www.larimerflu.org.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091016/UPDATES01/91016030/0/NEWS01/H1N1--County-scrubs-vaccine-clinics-after-being-shorted-doses-

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Posted: October 27 2009 at 5:53am

October 27, 2009

Appointments for swine flu shot filled for Wednesday's clinic

BY BOBBY MAGILL
BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com

There are no more appointments left for H1N1 flu, or swine flu, vaccine shots to be given at a clinic scheduled for Wednesday at The Ranch in Loveland, Larimer County health officials said.

Appointments for the FluMist nasal spray vaccine may still be available and can be made at www.larimerflu.org.

The county expects to administer 1,200 H1N1 flu shots at Wednesday's clinic, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment spokeswoman Jane Viste said.

Registration for the flu shots began online at noon Saturday, and all shot appointments were filled within two and a half hours, she said.

Another 1,200 doses of the FluMist nasal spray are also available for Wednesday's clinic. But, Viste said, restrictions on who can get the nasal spray prevent some people in vaccination priority groups from being able to get it.

The FluMist nasal spray uses a live but weakened form of the swine flu and can only be given to people between the ages of 2 and 49 who are not pregnant and have no underlying illnesses or chronic diseases.

Viste said the county should be receiving enough flu shots to be able to have two more vaccination clinics Nov. 7 and 8, but she said health officials don't know how many doses they'll receive.

Those wishing to be vaccinated must register online before going to a vaccine clinic. Registration for the November clinics could begin about a week in advance.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091027/NEWS01/910270310/Appointments-for-swine-flu-shot-filled-for-Wednesday-s-clinic

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Posted: October 31 2009 at 7:21am

Larimer County sets up new flu clinics

Loveland Reporter-Herald

The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment has scheduled two new free swine flu vaccination clinics for a total of three in the next week.

The first will be 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Ranch in Loveland; this was postponed due to snow a week earlier.

The new clinics will be held:

• 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Lincoln Middle School, 1600 W. Lancer Drive, Fort Collins.

• Noon to 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at Thompson Valley High School, 1669 Eagle Drive, Loveland.

High-risk residents must sign up for a time slot at these clinics.

The doses of vaccine are limited, so only people in the following categories qualify: pregnant women, people who live with and provide care for infants younger than 6 months old, children ages 6 months to 4 years, children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years old who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk of complications and health care workers and emergency medical pro-viders who have direct contact with patients.

Registration will open at 10 a.m. today.

To register, go to www.larimerflu.org.

People without a computer can call 670-6028 from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and the following week. Registration will stop when the clinics are full.

Future vaccination clinics will be scheduled and open to more residents as vaccine becomes available.

http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?id=25521

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Posted: November 05 2009 at 10:03am

November 5, 2009

Larimer County holds storm-delayed H1N1 clinic for high-risk groups

BY BOBBY MAGILL
BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com

LOVELAND - It's swine flu vaccine season in Larimer County.

Wearing multicolored vests as they scurried about the floor of an exhibition hall at The Ranch on Wednesday morning, about 150 Larimer County Department of Health and Environment staffers and volunteers prepared for 2,000 people to show up at their doors for a swine flu shot or nasal spray.

Postponed from a week earlier because of the snowstorm, the clinic was the first in a series of H1N1 vaccine clinics planned for early November.

So far, the vaccine has been available only to people in high-risk priority groups, particularly health-care workers, pregnant women and children with chronic health conditions.

But beginning with the clinics Saturday and Sunday in Loveland and Fort Collins, healthy children between the ages of 2 and 18 will be eligible to receive the vaccine, Larimer County Health Department Director Dr. Adrienne LeBailly said.

Registration will begin at 11 a.m. today at www.larimerflu.org or by calling (970) 670-6028.

"It's time," LeBailly said of expanding the eligibility for the vaccine. "We have enough vaccine now."

The county may have received enough vaccine doses by next week to allow adults with chronic diseases to receive the vaccine in another round of clinics later this month, department spokeswoman Jane Viste said.

About 2,400 doses were expected to be given out Wednesday, with more than 4,000 doses available for the upcoming clinics and a lot more on the way, she said.
The vaccine, she said, likely won’t be available to healthy adults until late December or early next year.

Health Department officials were hoping to avoid lines of people showing up for the vaccine at The Ranch because crowded areas help spread the disease.

Those arriving for the vaccine were to be screened for being pre-registered for the clinic and for whether they are ill. Those who are ill cannot receive the vaccine.

The goal, LeBailly said, was to get people into the clinic at the time of their appointment and out the door within 15 minutes.

She also asked people to show up right on time — not early — so people aren’t standing around.

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For more information and to register for an H1N1 flu clinic, visit www. larimerflu.org or call (970) 670-6028.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050337/Larimer-County-holds-storm-delayed-H1N1-clinic-for-high-risk-groups

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Posted: November 18 2009 at 8:54am

November 18, 2009

Next county flu vaccine clinic Nov. 22

Coloradoan Staff

The next Larimer County H1N1 flu, or swine flu, vaccination clinic will begin at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 22 at Lincoln Middle School in Fort Collins.

Children and those who are pregnant, have chronic health conditions or meet other requirements are the only people eligible for the vaccine. Healthy adults cannot yet get the vaccine.

Registration is for the clinic is required.

To register or to find out if you are eligible, visit www.larimerflu.org.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091118/UPDATES01/91118011/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Next+county+flu+vaccine+clinic+Nov.+22

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Posted: January 13 2011 at 11:20am

Officials investigate CSU student's death

January 13, 2011

Matthew Wayne Kitzman, 25, a CSU student, died Monday at home.

The illness likely was caused by influenza A. However, testing is under way to determine whether it was H1N1, also known as swine flu, said deputy coroner Greg Fairman with Larimer County Coroner's Office.

The Colorado State University student was studying animal science in the Agricultural Sciences Depart-ment. He was set to graduate this spring, according to the online CSU student directory.

Kitzman lived off campus with two roommates on West Vine Drive, Fairman said.

The roommates are "totally healthy, not sick at all," Fairman said.

The official cause and manner of death are pending test results.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110113/NEWS01/101130371

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Posted: January 14 2011 at 11:13am

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Coroner: Student likely died of flu

01/14/2011

A 25-year-old Colorado State University student found dead this week in his off-campus home probably died of influenza.

Larimer County deputy coroner Greg Fairman said Matthew Wayne Kitzman probably was killed by influenza A.

Tests are being done to determine whether the strain was H1N1, also known as swine flu.

The official cause of death is still pending test results.

Kitzman was suffering from flulike symptoms during the week before his death. His girlfriend, who had been tending to him, found his body Monday.

Kitzman, a CSU senior studying animal sciences, spent most of Saturday at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, where he received fluids and underwent a round of tests. Kitzman tested negative for influenza A and was sent home, Fairman said.

Kitzman's case is undergoing a standard review, according to hospital spokesman Gary Kimsey.

Also, the hospital is waiting for results from the coroner.

County health officials have not advised CSU to take additional health precautions.

If tests confirm Kitzman died of influenza, his death would be the first from the illness in Larimer County this flu season, according to a spokesman from the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment.

Kitzman's father, Edward Kitzman of Fort Morgan, said he does not believe his son received adequate treatment during his two visits to the hospital's emergency room, where he waited hours for treatment.

"All I know is that our son should be with us, and he's not," Edward Kitzman said.

Matthew Kitzman expected to graduate from CSU this spring. His father said he had dreams of farming and ranching on the Front Range.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17091101

PVH to review ER care in flu fatality

January 14, 2011

Poudre Valley Hospital is reviewing CSU student Matthew Kitzman's visit to the emergency room Saturday several days before he died of suspected influenza.

"We're reviewing our case and our processes to see if there's something we missed or if there are improvements we can make," including a review of the tests and Kitzman's treatment, PVH spokesman Gary Kimsey said Thursday.

Kitzman, 25, was a senior at Colorado State University. He died at his off-campus home Wednesday.

Deputy Coroner Greg Fairman said Kitzman's death is likely flu-related, but the specific type of flu virus won't be known until test results are returned later in the week.

"This kid was sick for about a week," Fairman said. "It's unfortunate it progressed to where it killed him."

Calls from media outlets questioning how PVH handled Kitzman's emergency room visit prompted the internal review of the case, which will take about two weeks to complete, Kimsey said.

Although the Denver Post reported Kitzman's father, Edward Kitzman of Fort Morgan, claimed PVH emergency room staff took too many hours to attend to his son, the hospital has not received any calls or complaints from Kitzman's family, Kimsey said.

Kitzman's family declined to comment Thursday.

Kimsey said 50 percent of emergency room patients at PVH see a doctor within 30 minutes, and 75 percent see a doctor within an hour. However, wait times depend on the severity of a patient's symptoms.

"In the case of flu-like symptoms, I'd be seen by a triage nurse, and I might have to wait some," Kimsey said.

Wait times likely are longer on Saturdays, he said.

Kitzman's suspected flu adds another case to an increasing number of cases of flu in Colorado. His would be one of the first flu-related deaths this year in Colorado.

Flu activity across the state is gradually increasing, with Influenza A - Kitzman's suspected flu strain and the most common type, according to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment data for the week ending Jan. 8.

During the first week of January, 20 new cases of flu were reported in Colorado, including Influenza A, B and H1N1, or swine flu.

Since the beginning of the flu season Oct. 1, there have been 110 flu-related hospitalizations in 21 counties through Jan. 8, including one hospitalization in Larimer County.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110114/NEWS01/101140330

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Posted: February 15 2011 at 5:32am

Inmates quarantined after seasonal flu outbreak inside county jail

February 15, 2011

The Larimer County Detention Center has opened a special housing unit as managers deal with an outbreak of seasonal flu in the jail, and some inmates are being required to wear face masks.

About 10 inmates are segregated in the unit, said John Schulz, spokesman for the sheriff's office. He said it's routine practice during flu season.

"Everything is being washed down with bleach," he said. "We haven't had to take anybody over to the hospital."

Susanne Murray, communicable disease team nurse at the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, said five flu cases have been reported at the jail.

"That's not unusual," she said. "Not when we have flu in the community."

She said flu is "pretty widespread" in Fort Collins currently, with three seasonal flu strains, including H1N1 flu, most common this year.

She said specific data for the number of flu cases reported in Larimer County is unavailable, however, the county is seeing "pretty average numbers at this point."

Schulz and Murray said segregating inmates with the flu is standard practice, because it helps reduce the spread of the illness in the confined population. Schulz said inmates are also being asked to wash their hands more frequently, and those who are sick are being treated with Tamiflu.

Some inmates also are wearing facemasks, an unusual enough sight that a magistrate today briefly interrupted videolinked court hearings to ask deputies for an explanation.

There are almost 500 inmates incarcerated at the jail.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110215/NEWS01/102150338/Inmates-quarantined-after-seasonal-flu-outbreak-inside-county-jail

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