The Health Department issued updated guidance on flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines. Read the:
The flu vaccine is expected to be available to order by all VCVP and participating VAVP enrolled providers starting in September. Offsite flu clinics are encouraged to increase access in your community.
The coadministration of vaccines involves the practice of administering multiple vaccines during a single medical visit, often requiring multiple shots. It is crucial to follow best practices, including using separate syringes, avoiding the mixing of vaccines, ensuring different injection sites, and administering more painful vaccines last.
COVID-19 vaccines can be given alongside other vaccines like the flu vaccine if the recipient is eligible, but considerations include the patient's vaccination status, the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases, and the reactogenicity profile of the vaccines. Administering COVID-19 vaccines and other reactogenic vaccines in different limbs is advisable due to potential enhanced local reactions.
Learn more about proper preparation and administration (CDC)
Vermont typically has these COVID-19 vaccines available to order: Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Novavax.
COVID-19 vaccines can be more complicated to manage. If you are an enrolled provider office, please always read e-mails from the Immunization Program ([email protected]) and ensure all staff administering COVID-19 vaccines at your office undergo appropriate training to understand the nuances of each vaccine.
For all past Immunization Program communications sent out by email, see Notices and Memos for Health Care Providers.
