Injectable doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be available from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center.
About 300 doses were unexpectedly delivered to campus Thursday, Kent Bullis, medical director of the Health Center, said. Priority for the vaccines will be given to people with chronic medical conditions or who are pregnant.
The injectable vaccines were delivered amidst a rush of students Thursday to get the H1N1 FluMist vaccine.
About 400 students went to the Health Center Thursday for the inhaled vaccine. The health center didn't run out of the vaccine, but did have to turn away "a handful" of students who didn't meet the qualifications for receiving it, Bullis said.
Bullis said the Delaware County Health Department intended the FluMist to be distributed to people under the age of 25. Also, the nasal spray isn't meant for people who have chronic medial conditions or are pregnant, according to a campus e-mail.
"Pretty much everyone who showed up wanting [the vaccine] got it," Bullis said.
Thursday's supply of the vaccine was available from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and again from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
The Health Center anticipated a large crowd, and set up several stations to speed up the vaccination process. About three or four staff members gave students the vaccine throughout the day. Bullis said as a result, the average turn around time for students to receive the spray was five to six minutes.
"It seemed like things went really, really well," he said.
The Delaware County Health Department will continue delivering small amounts of the vaccine to Ball State University, Bullis said.
Bullis added that he doesn't know when the next supply of swine flu vaccines will come to campus, but expects it should be within the next two weeks.
The H1N1 flu vaccine is free for students.
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