Required Shipping Hours for COVID-19 Vaccine Orders

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Good Afternoon COVID-19 Providers, 

As E-Ordering has now launched, it is crucial to review shipping information in your MCIR VFC tab prior to placing orders, and confirming the information at the time of orders. This includes confirming that your shipping hours are compliant with CDC requirements. However, several sites have submitted orders with noncompliant shipping hours. Per CDC, shipping hours must comply with the following:

To support efficient distribution of vaccine, locations should offer full-day receiving hours to the extent possible. When that is not possible, COVID-19 Vaccine Providers must be available to receive shipments during a 4-hour window on a weekday other than Monday.

Action Needed: All COVID-19 Vaccine providers must review shipping hours in your MCIR VFC tab and ensure they comply with CDC requirements by COB this Friday May 21^st.

• To review and revise shipping hours for compliancy, please see the tip sheet How to Review and Revise Shipping Information.

LHDs, please do not approve orders with noncompliant shipping hours. Beginning Monday May 24^th, MDHHS will reject any orders with noncompliant shipping hours.

As a reminder, several ordering tip sheets are available and posted online, including our webinar and tip sheet for How to Order COVID-19 Vaccine in MCIR (E-Ordering).

If you have questions, please contact checcimms@michigan.gov.

Thank you,
MDHHS Division of Immunization