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Vaccine Supply and Distribution

The Department of Health purchases and distributes vaccines for children ages 0 through 18 years in Washington State.


Current Updates
 
Hib Vaccine Booster Dose Reinstated

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, is reinstating the booster dose of Hib vaccine for children aged 12-15 months who have completed the primary three-dose series.

Although supply is sufficient to reinstate the booster dose and begin catch-up vaccination, supply is not yet ample enough to support a mass notification process to contact all children with deferred Hib booster doses.

  • Infants should continue to receive the primary Hib vaccine series at ages two, four, and six months.
  • Children aged 12-15 months should receive the booster dose on time.
  • Older children for whom the booster dose was deferred should receive their Hib booster dose at the next routinely scheduled visit or medical encounter.

CDC continues to determine how much Hib containing vaccine Washington and other states can receive. State and local public health will monitor provider vaccine inventory and ordering based on the four-dose series to ensure Washington stays with the CDC-allowed allocation. Providers may contact local health or the state Department of Health for more information.

Suspension of Washington State Mercury Limits on Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine Supply Information for the 2009-2010 Season

Mercury-Free Influenza Vaccine Supply

General Vaccine Supply Information
  • Vaccinating providers and vaccinated individuals are not considered sub recipients. The value of vaccine received is not a grant expenditure for purposes of determining audit coverage and reporting for those entities. See the complete final language of the Office of Management and Budget Circular (PDF, 117 KB) from the State Auditor's Office.

Vaccine Management Forms
  • Private Provider's Report of Vaccine Usage

    Note: The version of the Private Provider's Report of Vaccine Usage with the option to document VFC status is located at http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/Immunize/vaccine/vfcstatus.htm

  • Provider Vaccine Accountability Form/Local Health Jurisdiction Monthly Vaccine Accountability Form
  • Provider Request for Childhood Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Form
    • Word file (Word, 66 KB) Aug. 2009
      View document as Print Layout for correct formatting and ability to add your local health jurisdiction contact information.
  • Provider Request  for Childhood Vaccines Form
    • Word file (Word, 110 KB) October 2009
      View document as Print Layout for correct formatting and the ability to add your local health jurisdiction contact information.
  • Vaccine Return Form
  • Vaccine Return Addendum (Word, 165 KB) Sept. 3, 2009. Please complete this form and submit it with each Vaccine Return Form for vaccine storage and handling incidents. The questions are similar to what will be asked of a provider when they contact a local health jurisdiction or manufacturer about vaccine viability (for example, highest/lowest temperature recorded, length of time out of appropriate temperature range, etc.).
  • Influenza Vaccine Return Form
  • Varicella/MMRV Provider Certification (PDF, 23 KB)
  • Temperature Monitoring Log (PDF, 199 KB)

Additional Vaccine Supply and Distribution Resources

Download and print your own self-adhesive labels to designate state-supplied and private purchase vaccine.

Last Update: 10/13/2009 11:22 AM