VFC Provider Requirements

VFC-enrolled providers must demonstrate a willingness and ability to maintain compliance with the requirements found in the Vaccines for Children Requirements Manual and links below.

When providers enroll into the Vaccines For Children (VFC) program they are provided access to VFC-funded vaccine for VFC-eligible children and also to Alaska Vaccine Assessment Program (AVAP) funded vaccine for AVAP-eligible children and adults. (There is no separate enrollment into AVAP for VFC enrolled providers.)

(Providers who do not have a VFC population but do serve AVAP only eligible children and/or adults may consider enrolling only into AVAP [contact immune@alaska.gov] and state you are interested in AVAP only enrollment.) 

• Vaccines for Children Requirements Manual ​(This manual acts as each provider’s general VFC management plan.​)
• Childhood Eligibility & Patient Fee information​
  
• Patient Eligibility Screening form
• ACIP Recommended Schedules
  
• Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) / Immunization Information Statements (IIS)
  
• Facility/Staff Change Notification
  
• Accountability tracking information
  
• Immunization Quality Improvement​ for Providers
  
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
• MedWatch (for reporting adverse effects of nirsevimab administration only)

  Vaccine Storage and Temperature Monitoring

• Vaccine Storage Unit Requirement
•   Separation & Storing Vaccine Stock
  
• "Do Not Unplug" signs​
  
• Emergency Plan for Vaccines​ (template)
  
• VFC Temperature Monitoring Device Requirements​ 
• Refrigerator Temperature Log – Fahrenheit
• Freezer Temperature Log – Fahrenheit
• Ultra Cold Temperature Log – Fahrenheit
  
• Refrigerator Temperature Log​ – Celsius
• Freezer Temperature Log​​ – Celsius
• Ultra Cold Temperature Log – Celsius
  
• VFC Temperature Excursion Report​​
•   CDC Vaccine Transport Method
• Off-site/Mass Vaccination Clinics Requirements

Inventory Management

• Vaccine Distribution Webpage
• Vaccine Formulary
• Influenza Vaccine

Enrollment to Receive Vaccines

Additional Resources and Guidance

• Adult State-supplied Vaccine Eligibility
  
• CDC Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases​ (The Pink Book)
• Ask the Experts (immunize.org)
  
• "You Call the Shots" CDC webinar trainings
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit (CDC)
• Outreach Materials at no cost from Alaska Immunization Program
  
• Alaska Immunization Program Newsletter: Read and Subscribe
• Let's Talk Vaccines
  
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center

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