214 S. Wagner Ave.

Wapakoneta, OH 45895

Phone: (419) 738-3410

Fax: (419) 738-7818

Auglaize County Health Department

Auglaize County General Health District

This site is designed to bring you information on the programs, services and activities that we provide. 

 

Pandemic Flu/Bird Flu

 

Bird Flu (Avian Flu) is an illness caused by an influenza virus that normally only infects birds.  The virus is spread through saliva, nasal secretions and feces.  Birds become infected when they come in contact with contaminated excretions or surfaces that are contaminated. 

 

One particular strain, H5N1, is causing concern around the world because at least 272 people have become infected with this virus, 162 of them dying.  Virtually all of these people had direct contact with birds or bird products.  There is NO evidence of the virus being passed person to person.  The H5N1 virus has NOT been found in the US.

 

If the virus mutates or changes enough so it can easily go from person to person, we may experience a pandemic outbreak of this new strain of flu.  The health department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) are actively working on plans to deal with this possibility.  Please visit the websites below for up-to-date information about pandemic flu.

 

Toolbox for Schools:

http://www.ohiopandemicflu.gov/docs/panfluschooltoolkit.pdf

 

Additional Resources:

http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.ohiopandemicflu.gov/

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

Contact Info:

                          Phone:  419-738-3410

                          Fax: 419-738-7818

                          Email: information@auglaizehealth.org

 

Hours:             Monday—Friday

                          8:00 AM—4:30 PM

 

Location:         214 S. Wagner St.

Wapakoneta, OH 45895

Mission:  Provide the residents of Auglaize County with superior public services at the most reasonable cost.  This is a continuing obligation to which all other obligations are secondary.

Auglaize County to make a clean break from illness…

The Auglaize County Health Department is kicking off a hand washing campaign.

 

Hand washing is the single most important act you can do to prevent getting sick and making others sick.  The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 5,000 people die each year from food borne illnesses.  78 million become ill, and between 79,000 and 96,000 die from hospital infections each year. 

 

Page-sized posters that can be hung in restroom areas can be downloaded here:

 

Hand washing Poster

MRSA

 

There is a growing concern about Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus infections (CA-MRSA).   MRSA is a type of “staph” infection that is resistant to many antibiotics.  MRSA can cause illness ranging from skin infections, to abscesses, to generalized infection and rarely death.  In the community, most MRSA infections are skin infections that may appear as pimples or boils. 

 

MRSA is usually transmitted by direct skin to skin contact or contact with shared items or surfaces that have come in contact with someone else’s infection (eg. towels, used bandages).  Almost all MRSA skin infections can be effectively treated by drainage of pus with or without antibiotics.   More serious infections, such as:  pneumonia, blood stream infections, or bone infections, are very rare in people who get MRSA skin infections. 

 

For more information you can visit Ohio Department of Health’s webpage on MRSA.

Changes in Immunization Clinic Schedule

Effective  2/01/09

Swine Flu (Influenza)

For the most accurate and  up-to-date information, please follow this link:

 

                      http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/