Occupational Health Clinic Archive

flu shot
August 10, 2020

Occupational Health invites you to name this year’s flu vaccine campaign

In 2011 Vanderbilt University Medical Center received worldwide attention for doubling the Guinness World Record for the number of flu shots given in an 8-hour period, making its annual flu vaccine event, Flulapalooza, a model for others to follow.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2020

Employees working from home bring value, safety to VUMC

As of early May, an average of 8,000 VUMC employees were working remotely each day, equaling more than 25% of VUMC’s total workforce.

By Kelsey Herbers
April 9, 2020

Surveillance key to monitoring exposed employees

Medical surveillance by the Occupational Health Clinic is essential to the COVID-19 response at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Paul Govern
August 19, 2019

Employees not current with their measles immunization will need to catch up

Effective Dec. 2, 2019, all employees previously grandfathered into measles compliance with a record of only one MMR vaccine will need to have a second vaccine to be considered up to date.

By Wayne Wood
March 14, 2019

Flu vaccine participation rate reaches 98 percent

Ninety-eight percent of Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees have received a flu vaccine in each of the past three years, according to data collected by the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic, which oversees the employee flu vaccine program.

By Wayne Wood
September 27, 2018

Flulapalooza 2018

School of Medicine student Jennifer Marvin was among the 12,627 people who received flu shots at Wednesday’s Flulapalooza mass vaccination event.

By VUMC News and Communications