Subject: Central 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Recovery Program
Date: 7/22/2010; 15:42:07
Message#: 101663-7-22-2010-PHIN
Please see attachment from Angela Sorrells-Washington, Program Manager, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, introducing the Central Vaccine Recovery Program organized by the US Federal Government to recover unused doses of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. You may have already received the mailing labels from H1N1 Recovery Program included are instructions on how to request pickup via the Internet as well as a sample mailing label.
Providers have the option of utilizing the Recovery Program or continuing to use the instructions given in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services H1N1 Vaccination Program and Clinical FAQs as follows:
What do I do with unused or expired H1N1 Vaccines?
Continue to properly store any remaining H1N1 vaccines and ancillary supplies until the
expiration dates. Although there may be little demand for the vaccine at this time, influenza is
unpredictable and we do not know the likelihood of a future wave of 2009 H1N1 influenza A.
Please remember to enter your inventory, doses administered, and maintain temperature logs to
ensure vaccine efficacy and to avoid vaccine wastage.
Any expired vaccines, vaccine delivery devices (needles and syringes), vaccine containers (vials
of killed or live/attenuated vaccine), and other associated, potentially contaminated materials
must be handled and properly disposed of in accordance with Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)
guidelines.
This information has been distributed to: DHSS Senior Staff; DHSS Staff; LINCS Coordinator Backups; LINCS Coordinators; LINCS Health Officer Assistants; LINCS Health Officers; LINCS Public Health Nurses; LOCAL Health Officers; DHSS Program Staff; Health Care Organizations
Further distribution of this message should be directed to: Community Health Centers (FQHCs); Emergency Medical Services / First Responders; Health Care Facilities / Other; Health Care Providers; Hospital Emerg Preparedness Coords; Hospital Infection Control Practitioners; Hospital Medical Directors; Hospital Nursing Directors; Hospitals / Other; Local Boards of Health; and other partners in your region, as appropriate.
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