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New Vaccine Products Available Through VFC & VFAAR View more information about Priorix and Vaxneuvance, now available through VFC and VFAAR, below. There have been a number of updates to the available vaccines for the VFC and VFAAR programs. Lists of vaccines currently available through VFC...
Ensure Patients Are Up to Date With Polio Vaccination Vaccine-derived poliovirus has been detected in environmental samples and infected one unvaccinated person in New York this year. In some Philadelphia neighborhoods, polio vaccination rates among children remain low. Prevent community transmission by ensuring patients are up-to-date with...
Get Patients On Schedule with MMR & Other Pediatric Vaccines PDPH strongly encourages providers to ensure children are up to date with their MMR as well as other pediatric vaccines. This is especially urgent given the recent outbreak of measles in Columbus, Ohio. The outbreaks in...
Vaccine Shipment Delays During the Holiday Season Submit orders by Wednesday, December 7. During the holiday season – from mid-December to early January – the distribution center that ships vaccine provided through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) and Vaccines for Adults At Risk (VFAAR) programs will have reduced...
Storage & Handling Checkup: Temperature Monitoring Vaccines are temperature sensitive and must be stored in specific temperature ranges to preserve their viability. Vaccines that are exposed to out of range temperatures can lose potency, and people vaccinated with these vaccines will not get the protection they...
Temperature Reporting for Online Vaccine Ordering Temperature logs must be submitted on the same day as any order placed for federal vaccine (VFC, VFAAR, flu, COVID-19, or monkeypox)! Temperature logs are to be uploaded in PhilaVax and emailed to tempcheck@phila.gov. The logs must show that the unit is...
VFC and VFAAR Shipping Delays Our vaccine distribution center is currently working through an unanticipated backlog of flu and non-flu VFC and VFAAR orders.To ensure that your site has the vaccines you need during this time, please plan to order additional vaccine before you run out...
Immunization Techniques Training Wednesday, October 12, 2022, from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm **Please arrive 15 minutes early. Late arrivals will not be able to attend.** The Immunization Program is hosting a FREE Immunization Techniques training this Fall. Class participants are limited and will be...
Additional VFC & VFAAR Flu Vaccine Presentations Available to Order These vaccines are now available to order for your patients: VFC Flucelvax prefilled syringes Flumist intranasal VFAAR Flucelvax prefilled syringes Please visit our flu ordering page for more information on the available vaccines. Order flu vaccine today. Have questions? Contact Christine Wilson...
Immunization Records Review for Childcare Facilities Hello Childcare Provider:On an annual basis, the Pennsylvania Department of Health in collaboration with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health conducts an immunization records review of a random sample of childcare facilities from the Department of Human Services list of...
Aetna Better Health Medicaid Coverage Discontinued Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania (ABH-PA) Medicaid Coverage was Discontinued Wednesday, August 31st, 2022. As of Thursday, September 1, 2022, patients with this plan will no longer be covered by this plan. Letters were sent to ABH-PA plan members to help them...
Get Your Patients Up to Date With Polio Vaccine Cases of polio, or poliomyelitis, have recently increased. There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented with safe and effective vaccination. The CDC urges providers to offer polio vaccine to everyone who is not...
VFC & VFAAR Flu is Now Available to Order! Flu vaccine is now available to order for your VFC and VFAAR eligible patients. Visit our flu page for instructions on how to place your first order and which products are available to order now.Please note, all flu vaccine...
VFC & VFAAR Flu Ordering Will Open 8/29/22 VFC & VFAAR providers can order flu for the 2022-23 season starting Monday, 8/29/22. Make sure your site is ready! Account for any unused 2021-22 VFC/VFAAR flu vaccine still at your site using PhilaVax: Process a return for the...
Menactra No Longer Available Through VFC or VFAAR Menactra can no longer be ordered through VFC or VFAAR. The inventory of Menactra at the CDC depots has been depleted. Sites that were using Menactra, need to transition to one of the other MCV4 products available, Menveo from...
Return Expired Doses of Flu Today! All VFC/VFAAR influenza vaccine supplied by the Philadelphia Immunization Program during the 2021-2022 flu season has expired. Please account for unused VFC/VFAAR flu vaccine at your site using PhilaVax: Process a return for the unopened vials online in the Vaccines Returns...
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...
National Infant Immunization Week April 24 - 30, 2022 National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is a yearly observance highlighting the importance of protecting children two years and younger from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). This year, in particular, it’s critical to ensure that families stay on track for children’s...