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COVID-19 vaccine has begun arriving in Washington, and some folks across the state are starting to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine. However, limited vaccine availability from manufacturers and supply chain constraints are significant during this vaccine rollout. As a result, ordering for COVID-19 vaccine products in the WA IIS may only be intermittently available over the next few weeks.
Therefore, submitted vaccine order requests are subject to reduction or denial until adequate supply is available. Please note this includes orders showing as Pending State Approval, Pending Local Approval, In State Manual Review, and In Manual Review in the IIS. We encourage providers to place smaller orders rather than placing large bulk orders.
We appreciate your patience and partnership as we work together to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccine throughout Washington State. We are committed to continuing to share updates about supply in the coming weeks to support you and your communities. Please reach out to us at COVID.Vaccine@doh.wa.gov with any questions you have.
Enrolled and eligible providers can request COVID-19 and flu vaccine through the IIS, while supplies last. Use this AVP COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Ordering & Receiving Guide (PDF) to help you create orders electronically and receive them into your inventory in the IIS.
In preparation for the respiratory disease season, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) will be hosting a Flu Updates Webinar at 12pm on Thursday, October 5, 2023. Topics will include epidemiological updates, flu vaccine inventory and ordering, vaccine recommendations, and communication and health promotion strategies.
This webinar is targeted towards public health, health care providers, and pharmacy positions, but anyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend.
The webinar will be recorded and made available on this webpage afterwards. Continuing education credit is available for nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy techs.
Flu Updates Webinar
12:00pm - 1:00pm PT
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Register here!
(DOH) created a new Respiratory Illness Data Dashboard that allows people to track COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease activity by region across the state.
The new, comprehensive dashboard replaces DOH’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard, which retired Sept. 18. COVID-19 data and reports can now be found on the new dashboard site.
The Power of Providers has four peer-to-peer webinars scheduled this fall to address vaccine fatigue and behavioral health topics for healthcare workers. The schedule can be found on this webinar page www.doh.wa.gov/POPwebinars. The POP webinar page also includes links to past webinar recordings.
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