Childhood Vaccine Program Training

The Childhood Vaccine Program (CVP) Training Series has a webpage with all the previous recordings available for on demand viewing. Please check out the CVP training webpage to see what's coming up next and when you need a refresher on a previous topic.

Upcoming CVP Training Session

November 17, 2022 

12 pm (noon)

Topic: IIS Transfer Process & Planning now for Holiday Shipping Delays

Intended Audience: Providers and Vaccine Coordinators

• Join the Training Session
• Meeting ID: 860 6354 6689
• Passcode: 199579

Fall Vaccine Choice

Vaccine choice is occurring from Wednesday October 26^th through Friday November 11^th.

During this time providers can fill out the Vaccine Choice form to request a change in the brand of vaccine they receive if more than one brand is available.

Vaccines with only one brand option are included on all order sets.

Please use the Vaccine Choice Request Form to submit a change. You only need to submit a form if you are requesting a change. If you are keeping the same vaccines no form is needed.

Submit forms either by e-mail to WAChildhoodVaccines@doh.wa.gov or by fax to 360-236-3811.

If you have any questions please contact Jacki Stockdale at jacki.stockdale@doh.wa.gov

Some upcoming changes to vaccines are:

• Sanofi Pasteur has stopped producing the DT vaccine. We have exhausted our supply of this vaccine and it is no longer available.
• There are a couple of new vaccines coming. These products are not available to order yet. You may select them now and order sets will be updated with these vaccines when they become available.
  • GlaxoSmithKline is coming out with an MMR vaccine, Priorix.
  • Merck is coming out with a Pneumococcal 15-Valent Conjugate Vaccine, Vaxneuvance. This is NOT Prevnar15 and is NOT replacing Prevnar13.

How Long Can You Use Multi-Dose Vials?

Multi-dose vials of vaccine like Polio (IPV) and some Flu vaccines contain ten doses of vaccine per vial. These vaccines can be used up until the expiration date on the vial even after it's punctured. You should not discard the vaccine before expiration, even if punctured. Multi-dose vials are meant to be used up until the expiration date on the vial. Please do not discard doses before the expiration date as this is unnecessary waste of a publicly funded vaccine. 

Full (un-punctured) multi-dose vials of vaccine that expire should be returned to the distributor. Partial (punctured) vials that have expired cannot be returned to the distributor. These should be adjusted from inventory using the Category & Reason “Expired, multi-dose vial” and then the vial disposed of according to clinic protocols.

Resources:

• CDC’s Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit – see pg 20 for information about multidose vials.
• Immunization Action Coalition’s Ask the Experts on Vaccine Storage & Handling – see the question titled “What are the CDC guidelines regarding use of multiple dose vaccine vials?”
• Submitting Vaccine Returns in the IIS

COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Safety and Administration Webinar

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 12PM-1PM PST

The Washington State Department of Health will host a COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Safety and Administration Webinar on November 8, 2022 from 12pm-1pm. The webinar will cover safety data related to COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster recommendations, and discuss the updated booster schedule for everyone 5 years and older. The webinar will be recorded and continuing education will be available for nurses.

Learning objectives:

1. Discuss safety studies for COVID-19 bivalent vaccines
2. Describe updated COVID-19 bivalent vaccine schedule
3. Identify strategies to prevent and address COVID-19 bivalent vaccine administration errors  

Register Here

The recording for the Flu Updates Webinar that occurred on October 5 is now available. Other recorded webinars are available on the DOH immunization training webpage. Continuing education is available for watching the recordings.

Summary of ACIP Meeting October 19-20, 2022

• PCV20 Updates: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend the use of PCV20 in persons who had previously received PCV13. More details on this will be shared as they are available. These recommendations do not become official recommendations until they have been adopted by the CDC director and published in an MMWR. Current pneumococcal vaccine recommendations can be found on CDC’s webpage.
• ACIP discussed Chikungunya, COVID-19, Polio, RSV, Meningococcal, Influenza, Dengue, and Monkeypox vaccination. These informational sessions did not have any planned votes, but may lead to votes in the future. At this point, these are all for informational purposes only and do not necessarily imply a future recommendation change. All of the slides can be found here.

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.