Updated IIS Forecast for HPV is Live

This message is being sent to health care providers, local health jurisdictions, childhood vaccine providers, and school nurses.

Dear Health Care Professionals and Partners,

Today, January 20^th 2023, the Washington State Immunization Information System (IIS) updated the human papillomavirus (HPV) forecast to start at age nine. This change signals an important step in increasing HPV vaccination coverage across the state of Washington.

IIS Resource

This guide gives a visual representation of how this change is presented in the IIS. There are no major differences in the IIS from a user and technical perspective other than the age of the vaccine forecast has changed to nine. HPV vaccines do not need to be entered differently into the IIS than before this forecast update.

• IIS Quick Reference Guide: HPV Vaccine Forecast

HPV at Nine Resources

To assist in your efforts to implement changes needed to start routinely vaccinating at age nine, please use the provided list of resources.

• Start At 9 Toolkit (hpvroundtable.org)
• Why Age 9? Fact Sheet - National HPV Roundtable
• Clinician & Health Systems Action Guides – National HPV Roundtable
• HPV At Nine (DOH)
• HPV Vaccination Algorithm (DOH)
• HPV Provider Fact Sheet (cancer.org)
• Why AAP recommends initiating HPV vaccination as early as age 9 | American Academy of Pediatrics

 

Sincerely,

Office of Immunization
Washington State Department of Health