COVID-19

Moderna Bivalent Booster Ordering Resumed Moderna Bivalent Booster ordering has been turned back on in Philavax and Monday.com. Please note: allocations are still limited at this time so providers may not receive what is requested based on dose availability. Please make sure you are selecting the correct...

Moderna Bivalent Ordering Pause Due to limited initial allocations of bivalent vaccines, we are currently unable to approve new Moderna bivalent booster orders. Ordering for Moderna boosters has been turned off in Philavax and made unavailable in Monday.com. The city does expect to receive an allocation...

COVID-19 Walk-in Survey PDPH is interested in learning more about Philadelphia providers’ walk-in capacity. Please complete this brief, four-question survey to assess your site’s ability to accept walk-ins now that bivalent boosters are available. Responses will be collected until 9/14. Take the survey....

COVID Vaccine Expiration Dates With expiration dates for some Pfizer lots approaching, we would like to remind providers to be mindful about documenting Beyond Use Dates (BUD) and manufacture expiration dates. Any time you move vaccine from the ultra-low freezer/dry ice shipper to a standard freezer...

Monovalent (Original Formulation) mRNA Vaccines No Longer Authorized for Boosters An important note: Monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are NO LONGER authorized for use as boosters in people ages 12 years and older. From the FDA press release: With today’s authorization, the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are not...

Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Booster Vaccines Now Available for Ordering Providers can now sign into Philavax to place your orders. Orders are due by Wednesday at 5pm.Please note: bivalent vaccine orders will ship sometime after Labor Day. No vaccines will be delivered on Labor Day. Monday.com ordering,...

Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised manufacturers seeking to update their COVID-19 vaccines to add an Omicron BA.4/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a bivalent booster vaccine. Pending...

Full CDC Vaccination Record Cards Vaccination record cards for many recipients of COVID-19 vaccines are now full, especially for those who are over 50 and/or immunocompromised. If a vaccination card is full, the CDC recommends that a second card be completed, and the two cards stapled...

Partner to Hold Vaccine Clinics! Dear COVID-19 Vaccine Providers, PDPH is experiencing an uptick in community organizations requesting vaccine at events. If you have not signed up already and are interested in being partnered with a community organization to provide them COVID-19 vaccine at events, please sign up...

Novavax Vaccine Available for Limited Ordering On Tuesday, the CDC endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for adults ages 18 years and older.Some key information: Novavax is the first COVID-19 protein subunit vaccine...

Update Your Vaccine Management Plan Today! Summer means storm season, and to help you be prepared, we've created a new Vaccine Management Plan. It has all the information you need to: Store your vaccine safely. Respond to an emergency. Transport your vaccine during an emergency. Don't wait until...

Storage Unit Reminder Vaccines can only be stored in certain acceptable storage units. Your vaccine storage unit is a key component in maintaining the vaccine cold chain at your practice. Your vaccine storage units must: Consistently maintain storage temperature. Have enough space to properly store vaccines throughout...

COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering Deadline  The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) Immunization Program would like to remind COVID-19 providers that the deadline to order COVID-19 vaccine is Wednesday at 5pm for orders placed both through Philavax and Monday.com. Orders placed after the deadline will not be...

Did Your Patient Receive a COVID-19 Vaccination Outside the United States? Have questions? The "People vaccinated outside the United States" section of the CDC's Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines provides guidance on different scenarios. Talk to your patient and gather the initial information: Which...

Make Your Provider Page Public with VaccineFinder! Dear Immunization Partner, The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) and the CDC are requesting that you make your provider page in VaccineFinder public. VaccineFinder is the portal that you’re using to log your COVID-19 vaccine inventory every 24 hours...