CAIR2 and CDPH Website Scheduled Power Shut-Off

CAIR2 and the CDPH website will be unavailable on Saturday, September 17 from 6:00AM – 8:00PM PT for scheduled maintenance. Please ensure all CAIR2 data is up to date before the outage. 

Consolidated Provider Webinar

Beginning Friday, September 23 at 9AM, CDPH will consolidate provider webinars into one 90-minute webinar to include the following topics:

• 9:00AM - 10:00AM: COVID-19 Vaccine and COVID-19 Therapeutics
• 10:00AM - 10:30AM: MPX Vaccine and MPX Therapeutics

The Zoom link for this webinar is the same as the current Provider Office Hours link. If you are already registered, you do not need to register again. 

When: Friday, September 23, 2022 (Ongoing, weekly)

Time: 9:00AM – 10:30AM (90 minutes)

Zoom link: Provider COVID-19 and MPX Webinar

myCAvax Update: COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Ordering

Please continue to order Pfizer bivalent booster doses until CDPH receives additional allocations of Moderna bivalent booster doses, anticipated within the next few weeks. Standard orders of Moderna bivalent booster doses have been turned off temporarily; Small orders will remain available through LHJs that have inventory for local fulfillment. Pfizer bivalent booster doses are also available for small orders through AmerisourceBergen, the third-party redistributor.

Vaccine Extinction and Expiry Events 

Pfizer (12+ years, purple cap):

The Pfizer (12+ years, purple cap) vaccine has an expiry and extinction date of September 30, 2022.

• Keep vaccine until expiry and use them as primary doses as applicable, e.g., Moderna (6 - 11 years, blue cap).
• List them on the vaccine marketplace.
• Dispose of at expiry – no shelf-life extensions pending.
• If you absolutely need the storage space, and have exhausted redistribution options, you may dispose of the vaccines.
• Do not donate them outside of the U.S.

Please follow guidance in the Provider Operations Manual to report and dispose of expired vaccine.

To check COVID-19 vaccine expiration dates, please use the following tools:

• Novavax Expiration Date Look-Up
• Pfizer Expiration Date Look-Up
• Moderna Expiration Date Look-Up
• Janssen (J&J) Expiration Date Look-Up

Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Coadministration 

Flu and COVID-19 vaccine coadministration is safe. 

Providers should offer influenza and COVID-19 vaccines at the same visit, if the patient is eligible. Extensive experience with non-COVID 19 vaccines has demonstrated that immunogenicity and adverse event profiles are generally similar when vaccines are administered simultaneously as when they are administered alone. Generally, COVID-19 vaccines administered with seasonal influenza vaccine (SIV) showed similar or slightly higher reactogenicity, however no specific safety concerns were identified.