{"id":11086,"date":"2024-04-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?post_type=lsvr_notice&#038;p=8871"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:50:22","slug":"tips-for-managing-short-dated-covid-19-vaccine-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/tips-for-managing-short-dated-covid-19-vaccine-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Managing Short-Dated COVID-19 Vaccine Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for Managing Short-Dated COVID-19 Vaccine Inventory<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 vaccine shipped by McKesson in the following months will be short-dated, meaning the manufacturer expiration dates will be shorter than usual. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McKesson will continue distributing COVID-19 doses until the vaccines are within 30 days of expiry. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some tips for managing short-dated COVID-19 vaccine inventory:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Order smaller quantities of vaccines more frequently while maintaining a 3\u20134 week vaccine supply. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make note vaccine expiration dates when receiving shipments and routinely check expiration dates when completing monthly reconciliations. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rotate short-dated vaccines to the front of the inventory and use them first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct outreach to Bridge Access Program and Vaccines for Children (VFC) eligible patients and schedule them to get vaccinated before doses expire.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions? Email us at <a>vaccines@phila.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Managing Short-Dated COVID-19 Vaccine Inventory COVID-19 vaccine shipped by McKesson in the following months will be short-dated, meaning the manufacturer expiration dates will be shorter than usual. &nbsp; McKesson will continue distributing COVID-19 doses until the vaccines are within 30 days of expiry&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-program-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}