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Please review the Holiday Shipping Calendar when planning your vaccine ordering over the next few weeks. Please notice the limited and no shipping days and ensure you are ordering enough to get through the limited shipping days. We are still approving up to 45-day supply of vaccine. Please ensure you keep enough inventory on hand in case of shipping delays, but not too much that a power outage may create extensive loss.
Introducing Vaccine Ordering Essentials: New Tools for Accurate, Timely Orders
This webinar introduces Vaccine Ordering Essentials: Six Steps to Success, a new e-learn, and its companion job aid, the Vaccine Ordering Guide. Together, these resources walk providers through the ordering process and offer a quick reference for placing accurate, timely orders. The session also covers the latest respiratory season updates, including current guidance and what providers should know when ordering respiratory vaccines in the months ahead.
RSV Administration is slowing. It is an important time to begin adjusting your RSV order quantities to account for the slowing administration. Please adjust your orders to align with recommended order quantity (ROQ) and decreasing demand. You can see the latest data on the Respiratory Immunization Data Dashboard.
Enflonsia is a high-cost RSV product so we recommend having a robust process in place to confirm twice that the parent/guardian wants their child to receive RSV prior to attaching the needle for administration. Enflonsia should be removed from the storage unit approximately 15 minutes prior to administration to allow the syringe to reach room temperature.
If a patient changes their mind and declines the dose before administration, the syringe may be returned to the storage unit, provided the needle has not been attached. However, it is essential to track the cumulative amount of time the syringe has been kept at room temperature.
Maximum Allowable Room-Temperature Exposure: 48 Hours
Each time the syringe is removed from storage and subsequently returned, calculate the total time it was outside the storage unit and subtract that amount from the remaining 48-hour allowance.
Example:
- Date and time removed: 10/9/2026 at 8:00 AM
- Date and time returned: 10/9/2026 at 8:15 AM
- Total time outside storage: 15 minutes
- Remaining room-temperature allowance: 47 hours, 45 minutes
This process must be repeated each time the syringe is removed from and returned to storage. Once the cumulative room-temperature exposure reaches 48 hours (remaining balance of zero), the syringe must no longer be used and should be discarded.
Important: Needle Attachment and Contamination Prevention
The 48-hour room-temperature allowance does not apply once a needle has been attached to the syringe. If a patient declines the vaccine after the needle has been attached, the dose must be discarded and cannot be returned to storage.
As a best practice, do not attach the needle to the syringe until immediately before administration. Enflonsia is a preservative-free solution, and keeping a syringe assembled with an attached needle, particularly at room temperature, increases the potential risk of contamination.
Staff Reminder: Always document the date and time the syringe is removed from and returned to storage, maintain an accurate cumulative room-temperature exposure record, and ensure the remaining allowable time is not exceeded.
COVID vaccine orders will now be uploaded to CDC for processing daily as our allocation has stabilized. Flu and RSV vaccines are also on a daily processing schedule. Please visit our Respiratory Season Resources page for more information.
Frontline vaccinator training from Immunize Kansas Coalition with CEs
Immunize Kansas Coalition (IKC) released new education modules that offer continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
As part of RSV Awareness Month, the National Coalition for Infant Health developed a digital RSV toolkit for parents and families that includes infographics, one page fact sheets, videos, blogs, and sample social media posts that your organization or clinic can share.
If ordering quantities above your recommended order quantity (ROQ), please place a comment in your order to let us know why. We are doing our best to avoid excess vaccine in the field, however, we are also hearing your feedback that orders are being reduced, and clinics are struggling to maintain supply. We hear you!
Please ensure you are working closely with your Provider Support Specialist for orders that are above your recommended order quantities. This will ensure we can meet your needs and avoid waste. Thank you for your understanding!
Also, don't forget to check out all our resources for respiratory season.
And ensure you are getting all the latest news in the Vaccine Blurbs.
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