Walk-in Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Business Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Our annual Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Shot Clinic will begin on Monday September 12, 2011
at 8:00 am.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
The Health Department spends time behind the scenes every year planning and preparing for public health emergencies. Plans have developed that respond to multiple potential hazards including pandemic influenza, smallpox, tornado and flood.
There are three steps to the preparedness planning the Health Department participates in:
PLANNING
The first step of preparedness is planning for emergencies. The Health Department has a full-time staff member whose main job is to write plans for different events. Our planner works with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, local fire and police departments, the Geary County Emergency Management office, and community members from Junction City, Grandview Plaza, Milford and Geary County. In addition, plans are developed for emergencies that span county borders and include Fort Riley, Riley County and Pottawatomie County also.
EXERCISING
The second step of preparedness is exercising the plans to see if they really work. As you can see below, the plans have been exercised in both Junction City and Grandview Plaza. Plans are currently being made to exercise in Milford in the fall of 2009.
Grandview Plaza held a drive thru shot clinic, “A Shot in the Arm” in October of 2008.
In a drive-thru clinic, shots are provided to drivers and passengers as they put their arms out the window of the vehicle. Vehicles can complete the drive-through clinic in 5 minutes or less. This proved to be a fast and efficient way to provide medication to members of the community in an emergency.
EVALUATION AND REWRITE
The third part of preparedness planning if evaluating the exercise to see if the plan worked and rewriting the areas that did not function as hoped. The Health Department staff is currently rewriting its plans and will re-exercise them in the fall of 2009.
VOLUNTEERS
If you would like to volunteer to participate in preparedness planning, exercising or to help in an actual emergency, please join our Medical Reserve Corps of volunteers by completing the MRC application and returning the application to the Junction City-Geary County Heath Department. For questions or programs contact the Junction City-Geary County Health Department at 785-762-5788. We need your help because together we can make a difference!