Warning: Your Clinic May Be Disenrolled!

Your clinic may be disenrolled from the Childhood Vaccine Program if you have not initiated your 2022 Provider Agreement renewal in the IIS. Provider agreement renewals were due to be complete by March 31, 2022 or April 30, 2022 depending on the county your clinic is located in. If you do not have an approved 2022 provider agreement, your clinic can no longer order publicly funded vaccines. Once your agreement is approved for the new year, your ordering privileges will be reinstated. Please use the resources below to renew your agreement:

Resources:

• Renewal Schedule
• Provider Agreement Renewal Guide
• Renewal FAQ
• 2022 Provider Agreement Renewal Process Webinar

CVP Training Series: May 19th at Noon

Please join us on May 19th at noon for another session in our Childhood Vaccine Program (CVP) Training Series. The topic this month is Vaccine Management Plans. Log in using the information below:

May 19, 2022, 12:00 pm

CVP Training Series: Vaccine Management Plan 101

Intended Audience: Providers, Vaccine Coordinators

• Join the Training Session
• Meeting ID: 811 4822 4293
• Passcode: 544289

Short Dated Vaccine Reminder

If your clinic has CVP vaccine that is within 90 days of expiring, follow these steps:

• Run a Reminder/Recall Report to locate patients who are due or past due for the vaccine and contact them for an immunization appointment.
• Any remaining vaccines should be transferred to another enrolled provider (Provider Map).
• When you have identified a clinic who is willing to accept your remaining vaccine, submit a Vaccine Transfer Request in the Immunization Information System (IIS).
• For the physical transport of vaccine, ensure you have a digital data logger thermometer and appropriate packing materials using the Vaccine Transport Guidelines.
• If you are unable to locate an enrolled provider to transfer the vaccine to, contact us with the name of the product, number of doses, and expiration date for each vaccine at WAChildhoodVaccines@doh.wa.gov or phone at 360-236-2829.

NEW Campaign to Catch Up on Checkups

On Monday, May 9^th DOH launched a campaign to encourage parents to schedule routine check-ups for their children (under age 17). Many people have put off well child and annual check ups during the pandemic and as a result kids are not up-to-date on immunizations. The campaign will run on TV, streaming devices, digital video networks, social media, digital audio, and as a print ad in ParentMap magazine.

View 30 second video ad

Immunization Webinars

Please check out recorded webinars that offer continuing education for nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. These webinars hosted by the Washington Department of Health cover COVID-19 vaccine updates as well as routine immunizations. The two most recent webinars are:

• Addressing Vaccine Administration Errors Webinar
• Immunization Schedule and School and Child Care Immunization Requirements Webinar

Vaccinating Patients from Ukraine

If you are seeing Ukrainian patients in your office, here are resources that may be helpful:

• Vaccination (moz.gov.ua)
• 5 important facts about immunization in Ukraine (moz.gov.ua)
• Vaccination schedule for Ukraine (who.int)
• www.chop.edu/news/news-views-interpreting-foreign-immunization-records-and-immunizing-newly-immigrated
• CDC Pink Book, Appendix B, Foreign Products Table
• Prequalified vaccines | WHO - Prequalification of Medical Products (IVDs, Medicines, Vaccines and Immunization Devices, Vector Control)

The Washington State vaccine requirement charts for parents and the Certificate of Immunization Status and Certificate of Exemption have been translated into Ukrainian:

• Child Care Chart for Parents: English (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF) 
• School Chart for Parents: English (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF) 
• CIS: English (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)
• COE: English (PDF) | Ukrainian (PDF)

For questions about school or child care immunization requirements, please send an email to oischools@doh.wa.gov.

For questions about the immunization schedule, the Immunization Information System forecast, or any other immunization clinical questions, please send an email to ImmuneNurses@doh.wa.gov. Check out the Immunization Training web page for more resources and training opportunities.