• Vaccine Tips: Features of Online Ordering and VFC Office Closure Notice January 2012
• Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine (HPV4) Now Routinely Recommended for Males 2012/01/23
• REMINDER: VFC Recertification due January 31, 2012 2012/01/20
• Influenza Supply Update 2012/01/20
  Also see:
  MedImmune’s FluMist® 2011-2012 replacement program
• Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 2012/01/05
• Annual Vaccines for Children (VFC) Recertification 2011/12/27
  Also see:
  Online Recertification Instructions
• VIS Updates December 2011
• Vaccine Tips: Online Ordering December 2011
• Online Ordering Reminder December 2011
• Holiday Shipping Schedule December 2011
• Order Additional Doses of Flu Vaccine Through Supplemental Ordering 11/30/2011
• Vaccine Tips: Monitoring Refrigerator and Freezer Temperatures November 2011
• Expanded Indications for MCV4 include High-Risk Children 11/23/2011
• Introducing VFC’s Online Ordering System and “MyVFCVaccines” 11/14/2011
  Also see:
  MyVFCVaccines How-to Guide
  Introducing MyVFCVaccines Card
  Vaccine Inventory Form
• Archived Memos

There are currently no delays in the processing of VFC vaccine requests. Received requests are promptly reviewed, approved and processed by VFC's Customer Service Center.

Although vaccines may sometimes arrive quite soon after your request, we ask that you place your vaccine request with sufficient doses on hand to allow up to 3 weeks for the receipt of your vaccine shipment. In the event that your shipment takes the full 3 weeks to arrive, you will not run out of inventory while you wait for your shipment.

Order Processing Updates

• Regular Vaccine Requests:
  All pending vaccine requests received as of January 6, 2012 have been processed and submitted to VFC's National vaccine distributor. Providers should expect to receive vaccine shipments no later than January 20, 2012. Varicella vaccine requests will be shipped directly to your practice by the vaccine manufacturer, Merck, within the same time frame.

Current Vaccine Supply Information

• Regular Vaccines: There are no reported shortages or vaccine supply issues for the California Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
• Influenza Vaccines: Additional flu vaccine doses are still available for ordering through VFC's supplemental ordering.

• Sanofi Pasteur: Fluzone® (Influenza Virus Vaccine) Error in Single-Dose Vials Prescribing Information
• AAP Immunization Initiatives Newsletter November 2011
• Health Advisory: Fatal Pneumococcal Disease August 2011
• CDPH "Immunization Update": California Gets Ready for New Tdap Law—Optional Grace Period August 2011
• Early Bird Registration Now Open for 2011 Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Conference in Nevada
• Reminder from Merck to check ANTIVENIN™ (Latrodectus mactans) products for particulate matter and discoloration prior to use.
• Documentation of Tdap Administration or Medical Exemption – Optional Forms for Health Care Providers
• Shots for School: Clinicians' Role in California’s New Tdap Requirement for 7th to 12th Graders
  Dr. Robert Schechter of the California Department of Public Health presents an update on the threat of Pertussis (whooping cough) in California and the new Student Booster Law (CA – AB 354).
• Free 1-hr webinar on new 2011 school Tdap Immunization (Intended for school personnel and school nurses)
• Whooping Cough Dangers on an episode of The Doctors
• 2010 CDPH free on-demand pertussis webinar for clinicians | Q & A | Slides
  This free CDPH 1-hour presentation features Dr. Mark Sawyer presenting current epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and immunization recommendations to help clinicians prevent pertussis for all age groups.
• CDPH Broadens Recommendations for Vaccinating Against Pertussis | en Español
• CDPH Pertussis Immunization Policy July 2010 | Pertussis
• Pertussis is Epidemic: Think, Test, Treat, and Reduce Transmission | Spanish
• Measles Cases Prompt Call for Immunizations
• Measles Alert Flyer for Emergency Rooms
• Vaccine Court Finds No Link to Autism
• CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommends Universal Annual Influenza Vaccination
• Vacunas Y Mi Salud
  New Spanish-language immunization website for families. Visit and share the link to the new site.
• Vaccine Safety Webcast
  This virtual town hall webcast is a groundbreaking effort to provide credible information on vaccine safety.