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Tuesdays @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

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Wednesdays @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

The goal of the 2023 VFC Provider Education webinar is to clarify VFC program policies and provide expectations for the Maryland VFC Program, as well as, provide VFC offices with education and resources for improving vaccine temperature monitoring and storage & handling practices. This training will outline state and federal VFC program requirements, feature a detailed discussion on the use of Digital Data Loggers (DDL’s), and help providers develop protocols and practices within their office to ensure vaccine efficacy & safety.

Specific topic area covered will include:

• State and VFC reporting mandate to ImmuNet
• Eligibility screening and documentation
• VFC compliance site visit requirements
• VFC provider staffing and reporting changes
• Elements of routine vaccine management plans
• Element of emergency vaccine management plans
• Timeframes for maintaining VFC program documents
• Vaccine allocations
• VFC eligibility categories
• Digital Data Loggers
• How to respond to temperature excursions
• Vaccine and thermometer placement
• Temperature reporting requirements
• Temperature monitoring and documentation
• Appropriate procedures for receiving vaccines
• Proper vaccine storage units
• Maintaining the vaccine cold chain
• Corrective action plans and follow up
• Procedures for preventing, reporting and returning expired/wasted/spoiled vaccine