Attention Cooper at Cape Team Members: Please note that you have received separate communication regarding your flu vaccination process. Vaccinations are available by visiting a “Vaccine Nurse Champion” or by contacting Employee Health at 609.463.2512.
The 2024 Flu Vaccination Program began on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, and will conclude on Monday, December 9, 2024. Beginning Monday, September 30, 2024, Cooper team members will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccines for free at any of Cooper’s flu vaccination clinics. Click here for the schedule.
An annual flu vaccination is mandated by New Jersey state law for individuals who work in a hospital, nursing home, or home health care agency.
State law allows for limited medical exemptions. If you are seeking a medical exemption, please fill out the medical exemption form here and return it to Employee Health at flu@cooperhealth.edu by Friday, November 15, 2024. The form will only be processed if you return it to Employee Health.
If you are seeking a personal exemption from the flu vaccination, and you do not work in the hospital or a licensed facility, please fill out this form and return it to Employee Health at flu@cooperhealth.edu by Friday, November 15, 2024. The form will only be processed if you return it to Employee Health.
Once flu season is officially declared, team members who have received an approved exemption and have not received a flu vaccination must wear a mask in all Cooper facilities until flu season has ended.
Additional information:
All Cooper team members, regardless of role may receive the flu vaccination from an Employee Health nurse at any of the times and locations listed on the schedule.
- This year, Cooper will administer the trivalent flu vaccine, which is designed to protect against three different strains of the flu virus.
- Team members who receive the vaccination at a non-Cooper physician office, a pharmacy, or a public clinic must submit proof of immunization via email to Employee Health at flu@cooperhealth.edu. This information will only be processed if you return it to Employee Health. All proof of vaccination must have:
- Your name.
- Your birth date.
- The date the vaccine was administered.
- Manufacturer of vaccine.
- The lot number of the vaccine.
- The expiration date.
- The location of the injection-site: right arm or left arm.
- Team members who receive their flu vaccine in a Cooper physician office do NOT need to email proof to Employee Health. The flu vaccine information will automatically load from Epic into iCooper.
- Team members who are on a leave of absence will receive a letter at home with instructions on how to receive their flu vaccination.
- Cooper team members can view their flu vaccination status in iCooper under “My Health.” For instructions, please refer to the iCooper library.
If you have any questions, please email flu@cooperhealth.edu.