Weekly Wrap Up CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting: June 26 - 28, 2024
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met June 26 – 28, 2024 and meeting recordings and slides are available. Official CDC recommendations have been posted and include:
- Updated 2024 – 2025 COVID-19 vaccine recommendations
- Updated influenza vaccine recommendations
- Updated recommendation for RSV vaccines in older adults
- New pneumococcal vaccine (PCV21) in adults
- Updated Vaxelis recommendations
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Reporting Temperature Excursions for NON-impacted Vaccines & Large FilesNon-Impacted VaccinesBackground: Previously the Storage and Handling Online Triage System (SHOTS) required providers to report temperature excursions with VFC vaccines even if the vaccines were not affected. Providers had the option to select "no vaccines in the unit, during the time of excursion" when submitting the report. New Guidance: Providers should not be reporting temperature excursions if the vaccines were not directly impacted! Uploading Large Temperature Log Files on Temperature Excursion ReportsBackground: Providers unable to upload temperature log files larger than 3 MB on an excursion report.
Guidance: Providers should attempt to upload the larger file after they have submitted the Excursion Event report. Any smaller files may be uploaded during the submission. There is a job aid available in myCAvax that provides guidance on how to do so (page 21): Recording Temperature Excursions | Salesforce.
Return to Table of Contents Reminder to Report COVID-19 Therapeutics
CDPH would like to remind all providers or sites that received COVID-19 therapeutics from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to finalize their reporting data in the Health Partners Ordering Portal (HPOP), by Sunday, June 30, 2024.
All HHS-procured therapeutics received must be accounted for as administered, transferred, wasted, or returned. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recognizes full reconciliation may not be possible, and thus, is striving to reach at least a 95% reconciliation for each product HHS distributed.
Once 95% reconciliation is achieved and current on-hand inventory is zero, no additional reporting for that product is required.
Partners who still have an inventory of non-expired oral antivirals need to report on-hand inventory that has not yet been dispensed. Federal entities that are receiving HHS-distributed oral antivirals must continue to report that inventory.
Return to Table of Contents Provider Call Center Closed in Observance of July 4th Holiday
The provider call center will be closed on July 4, 2024 in observance of the July 4th holiday. The PCC will reopen with regular hours on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 8:00 am. For support, please email providercallcenter@cdph.ca.gov or call (833) 502-1245. Regular hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, (PT).
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Providers should remember to set a temporary closure on their myCAvax accounts during holiday closures at their sites. This will ensure that CDPH can exclude any necessary orders from processing to avoid shipping incidents. Please note: order holds on July 4, 2024, and July 5, 2024, apply to all programs in myCAvax.
See Holiday Ordering & Distribution Calendars below for details. Need assistance with adding or updating a temporary closure? Contact the Provider Call Center at 833-502-1245 or via email ProviderCallCenter@cdph.ca.gov.
Return to Table of Contents Vaccine for Children (VFC) / myCAvax Migration: Updated Job Aids
MyVFCvaccines / SHOTS functionality moved to myCAvax and the transition impacts enrollment, ordering, and vaccine management (job aids & EZIZ webpages). Refer to the VFC Program Requirements at a Glance for highlighted changes.
VFC job aids were updated to support VFA, LHD 317 and State General Fund (SGF) programs with the goal of making compliance easier across programs by standardizing guidance.
Here are some of the updates made (with links to current job aids): - Rebranded (e.g., DDL Setup & Use, Calibration Guide, Transporting Refrigerated Vaccines)
- Funding source checkbox (e.g., Vaccine Management Plan, Mobile VMP, Vaccine Receiving Checklist, Hourly Temperature Log for Off-Site Clinics)
- Bundled together (e.g., Inventory Forms, Vaccine Usage Logs, Vaccine Brand Change Request Forms)
- Reduced to one job aid (e.g., Temperature Log, Vaccine Transport Log)
See EZIZ’s Hot Topics to start using updated S&H job aids.
Return to Table of ContentsVaccines Upcoming Webinars
Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) Webinar: Slam Dunk Strategies for Adolescent Immunization: Utilizing Sports-Based Approaches to Increase Catch-up and Engagement - Register for Monday, July 15, 2024, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (PT)
CDPH Immunization Branch Updates for Providers Webinar (occurs every other Friday) - Register for the next session: Friday July 12, 2024, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (PT)
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Provider Call Center For Program information: email providercallcenter@cdph.ca.gov or call (833) 502-1245 (Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, PT)
myCAvax Help Desk For technical issues (e.g., password resets): email myCAvax.HD@cdph.ca.gov or call (833) 502-1245, (Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, PT) System related training materials are available via the Knowledge Center in myCAvax and at EZIZ.org.
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