immunization toolkit

Immunization basics

General

• CDC's Pink Book - contains general information on vaccine administration and summaries of all vaccine preventable diseases with their vaccination recommendations
• ACIP vaccination recommendations for all vaccines authorized for use in the US - detailed breakdown of how, why, and when to use all vaccines
• CDC's Immunization Schedules - quick look at all vaccines recommended by age group
• IAC's Ask the Experts - if you have a vaccine question that's not immediately answered by a recommendation, chances are that someone else has wondered the same thing
• Kansas New Practitioners Network created this excellent handout for addressing specific vaccine hesitancy concerns in both adults and parent/guardians

Administration

• IAC's administering vaccines - dose, route, and needle size
• Video - How to administer an IM injection and a SubQ injection
• Comfortable Vaccines? Reducing anxiety surrounding vaccines in all ages 
• Poke Plan - excellent resource from the Meg Foundation to give children and their parents some control and a plan for reducing pain during an injection

Vaccine Errors

• VERP - Vaccine Error Reporting Program - submit this online form if you have a vaccine related error or near miss in your pharmacy. Print the document and keep it with your CQI meeting documents to review with your team
• Common vaccine-related errors and prevention - review to make sure these don't happen in your pharmacy!
• SIRVA - shoulder injury as a result of a vaccine is serious, but preventable

Adverse Events

• Managing vaccine related reactions in adults (including anaphylaxis) in a community setting
• Managing vaccine-related reactions in children and adolescents (including anaphylaxis) in a community setting
• VAERS - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System - if an adverse event does occur, regardless of the severity, it should be reported to VAERS
• Mandatory  reportable events following vaccination

Storage and Handling

• ACIP Storage and Handling Toolkit - this is the definitive set best practices for vaccine storage and following these are a requirement of handling federal- or state-owned vaccines.
• Temperature Log Example Freezer
• Temperature Log Example Refrigerator
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Emergency Plan
• Temperature excursion documentation - use for private purchase vaccines, maintain documentation of all excursions and team response with temperature logs

KDHE Site visits - Please Review!

• KDHE COVID-19 Office Hours slides - COVID-19 site visits
• KPhA checklist for KDHE site visits (clicking will download document)
• *Required document* KPhA/KDHE COVID-19 training document
• *Required document - keep on fridge!* KDHE Storage and Handling sample document