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UAB provides flu vaccines to all employees free of charge. Flu vaccines are voluntary for campus employees but are required for UAB Medicine employees. If you are a campus employee, please pay careful attention to the location details below to ensure you choose the correct site. All employees must bring their employee ID badge to receive the vaccine.

UAB Medicine Employees

Flu vaccines are required for all employees, licensed practitioners, students, trainees, vendors, and volunteers of UAB Medicine Enterprise, UAB Hospital, UAB Hospital Management, LLC, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C., UAB Callahan Eye, University of Alabama Ophthalmology Services Foundation, and UAB School of Medicine clinical departments as well as any other individuals who provide care, treatment, or other services for these entities and/or their patients are required to receive a flu vaccine annually.

For more information, visit UAB One.

UAB Campus Employees

Flu shots will be available at Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium and UAB Highlands locations beginning Oct. 1, 2025, according to the schedule below.

Flu Vaccination Clinics during the month of October

  • All employees: Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium
    • Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 6:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Tuesdays: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Thursday, Oct. 23: 6:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 - 5 p.m.
    • Sunday, Oct. 12 and 26: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Daniel Building, first floor Employee Health
    • Tuesday, Oct. 7: Noon - 4:30 p.m.
    • Wednesday, Oct. 15: Noon - 4:30 p.m.
    • Tuesday, Oct. 21: Noon - 4:30 p.m.
    • Wednesday, Oct. 29: Noon - 4:30 p.m.
  • Other locations
    • The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, second floor: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    • All employees: UAB Hospital - Highlands, first - floor Media Center: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
    • UAB Medicine Primary Care clinics: Whitaker, Gardendale, and Hoover (Employees who receive their flu shot at these clinics as patients will need to submit proof of vaccination to UAB Employee Health.)
UAB St. Vincent’s
  • UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
    • Monday - Friday, 7:00 - 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
    • Weekend clinics, TBA
  • UAB St. Vincent’s East
    • Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
    • Weekend clinics, TBA
  • Other locations
    • UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton: 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/23, 10/28 - 7:00 - 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
    • UAB St. Vincent’s Blount: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 - 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
    • UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 - 6:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. (except 10/15 ends at 3:00 p.m.)
    • UAB St. Vincent’s One Nineteen: 10/22, 10/24, 10/29 - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

 

What to do if you have flu symptoms

If you develop fever over 100.4°F and respiratory symptoms, you should not work. Many respiratory viruses can cause an influenza-like illness. During peak flu season, the most likely cause is influenza, but you should be tested for COVID-19 to rule that out. Testing for influenza and COVID-19 can be done through your primary care doctor’s office, an urgent care clinic, or at UAB Urgent Care by filling out this respiratory symptoms form. For more information, refer to this FAQ document.

Questions?

If you have questions about the flu vaccination policy, please contact your Human Resources department.