Flu Vaccine Information

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2024/2025 Flu Season Updates

Flu Vaccine Availability and Ordering

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. 

Coadministration of Flu and other Recommended Vaccines

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 Here

 

RSV Vaccine Information

  • Nirsevimab Administration Visual Guide
    This decision tree offers guidance on when to administer Nirsevimab. The guide covers everything from calculating the right dosage to safe vaccine storage and injection techniques, ensuring that the vaccine is administered accurately and safely for the prevention of RSV in young patients.
     
  • CDC: RSV Information for Health Care Providers
    The CDC provides important information for healthcare providers regarding the administration of Nirsevimab and the prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This page highlights the recommendation for RSV vaccines for older adults, pregnant people, and infants, emphasizing the importance of healthcare provider recommendations and shared clinical decision-making. 

COVID-19 Vaccine Information

There are currently three COVID-19 vaccines available to order in Vermont: Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Novavax.  

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Information (CDC) 
    You can find all the important information and materials you need for each COVID-19 vaccine on this web page. This includes details on how to give the vaccine, how to store and handle it safely, information about its safety, and guidance on reporting any issues or side effects.
     

Standing Orders for Administering COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer: 6 Months through 4 Years | 5 through 11 Years | 12 and Older 
Moderna: 6 months through 5 years | 6 through 11 years | 12 and older
Novavax: 12 and older (will update with 2024-2025 when available)

COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering and Management

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 (AHS.VDHImmunizationProgram@vermont.gov) 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.

Talking with patients about the COVID-19 vaccine

Things you should know about the COVID-19 vaccine:
A Health Department handout answering frequently asked questions: Arabic | Burmese | French | Kirundi | Nepali | Somali | Spanish | Swahili | Vietnamese

 

COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Card
A tool to make sure patients who are deaf and hard of hearing or need to communicate visually can easily understand and be understood by vaccine clinic staff. 

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Contact Us

Call: 802-863-7240
Email: AHS.VDHImmunizationProgram@vermont.gov

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COVID-19 | Vaccines
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