For Medical Professionals

A. Get your influenza vaccination.

• You can receive your vaccine at many retail pharmacies, such as Publix, Target, CVS and Walgreens or at your primary care physician's office. 
• You may also be vaccinated for free at an Occupational Health Services clinic. View the schedule here (must be logged into the VDT or on an EHC Network to access).  
• Providers who are vaccinated at an Occupational Health Services clinic, must complete the online consent form in PeopleSoft Workplace Health (HOME), prior to getting vaccinated.

• If you plan to be vaccinated at an EHC Employee Health location or at an Occupational Health Services clinic, fill out the consent form no more than 24 hours in advance, as one of the questions in the consent form asks if you have had a fever within the last 24 hours.
• For step-by-step instructions on completing the consent form, visit www.ourehc.org/flu (must be logged into the VDT or on the EHC network to access).

• Providers not employed by EHC or Emory University who are vaccinated at an Occupational Health Services clinic will need to fill out a paper consent form once they arrive at an Occupational Health Services clinic.
• You will need to attest in the module that you received the influenza vaccination for the 2025-2026 flu season. Please retain your documentation.
• The vaccine is mandatory for all providers, except those with documented medical contraindications or a religious exemption. See B below if you would like to file an exemption.

B. File your medical or religious exemption for the influenza vaccination.

• The vaccine is mandatory for all providers, except those with documented medical contraindications or a religious exemption. 
• If you were granted either a medical or religious exemption by Occupational Health Services in 2024, there is no requirement for you to apply for the same exemption in 2025.
  • Emory employed physicians who had an exemption granted last year and have a profile in H.O.M.E. received an email in their message center in H.O.M.E.
  • Non-Emory community providers who had an exemption granted last year will need to indicate that they need an exemption within the PPSM module. An Emory team member will review the request against exemptions granted in 2024.
• Egg-free vaccines are available at Occupational Health Services locations; an egg allergy cannot be applied to the medical contraindication exemption.
• To submit a completed medical or religious exemption form (form available from Occupational Health Services or in PPSM), email the form to employee.health.mdcredentialing@emoryhealthcare.org.  
• You must state your exemption reason when filing a medical exemption. 

2. Complete all requirements in the Influenza Provider Patient Safety Module

• Access the module.
• Self-attest you received the influenza vaccination within the module in the Influenza Vaccination section; you will not need to submit documentation. If filing a medical or religious exemption to influenza vaccination, you will need to submit exemption paperwork.  If you were granted either a medical or religious exemption by Occupational Health Services in 2024, there is no requirement for you to apply for the same exemption in 2025 (see instructions in B above).
• Complete the TB Screening evaluation section and/or complete the positive TB section if you have had a documented past positive TB test. Annual TB testing is not required by EHC unless otherwise indicated based on your TB evaluation. Complete the questionnaire in the module to determine if a TB test is required for you this year.
• Complete the online curriculum in the appropriate sections. This includes the Infection control test and modules: TB Screening, Influenza Vaccination, Compliance, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Patients with English Language or Hearing Barriers, Immunizations, Behavioral Health Patient Management, Opioid Safety, Transfusion Reaction Awareness, EHC Universal Protocol and Epic Acknowledgements.
• Review, add or update your immunizations in the immunizations section of the module