Vaccine Information for Primary Care

The implementation package can be found at The Ministry of Health’s Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP). The UIIP offers influenza vaccine free of charge each year to all individuals six months of age and older who live, work or go to school in Ontario. For questions/concerns regarding the 2021/2022 UIIP, email the ministry at UIIP.MOH@ontario.ca

The following vaccines are available this season:

• Quadrivalent Inactivated Vaccine (QIV) (6 months of age and older)
  • FluLaval Tetra, Fluzone Quadrivalent
• Adjuvanted Trivalent Inactivated Vaccine (TIV-adj) (65 years of age and older)
  • Fluad
• Fluzone High Dose (QIV-HD) will be available to health care providers the week of October 25
• Flumist will not be available in Ontario this flu season

A friendly reminder that health care providers and individuals at high-risk of complications or hospitalization due to influenza should be prioritized for vaccination. Large-scale community clinics for the general population should be scheduled in November.

NACI Statement on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine 2022-23

If a patient/client experiences an adverse event after immunization, Waterloo Region health care providers are required to report an adverse event following an immunization.

• Report adverse events using the Adverse Event Following Immunization Form and fax it to Region of Waterloo Public Health at 519-883-2248 or submit online through the Ocean platform integrated with your EMR. The AEFI reporting form has been updated to include adverse events of special interest for COVID-19 vaccine.
• Please do not direct your patient/client to call Region of Waterloo Public Health. We are not currently accepting self-referred AEFI reports.

Adverse Event Following Immunization Reporting For Health Care Providers In Ontario Fact Sheet (Public Health Ontario) 

• Cocooning Protects Babies from Pertussis
• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Polio and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine
• Influenza Vaccine
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine
• Meningococcal C (Men C) Vaccine
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine
• Pneumococcal Conjugate (Pneu-C-13) Vaccine
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (Pneu-P-23) Vaccine
• Rotavirus Vaccine
• Shingles Vaccine
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis and Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine
• Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine

To access any of the forms listed below, please use our Request a form tool. 

• Biological Returns Form
• Child Care Centres Pre-Employment Health Form
• Contingency Plan for Planned or Unexpected Electricity Disruption
• Hepatitis A High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Hepatitis B High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Holding Point Application
• HPV High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Immunization Assessment Plan
• Incident Assessment Form for Designated Officers
• Influenza Immunization Decision Making Tool
• LTC/RT Vaccine Order Form
• Meningococcal High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Min/Max Thermometer Order Form 
• Report of Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test 
• Request for Immunization Schedule Assessment and Plan
• Routine Vaccine Order Form
• School Program Vaccine Order Form
• TB Physician Referral Form
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Form
• Varicella Immunity Confirmation Form 

• Immunize Canada
• Vaccine Information and Resources - Immunize Canada Website
  • Credible Online Resources about Immunization
  • Immunization Information on the Internet: Can You Trust what You Read?
• Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule
• Immunization Communication Tool for HCP 2021 - Immunize BC

• Assessing Routine Immunization for Children - Quick Reference
• Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule
• Request for Immunization Assessment Plan:
• Email Vaccine@regionofwaterloo.ca or,
• Fax form to 519-885-7260 or,
• Use our Request a form tool.

Cold Chain Incident follow up

• Health Care Provider Cold Chain Incident Reporting Process
• Vaccine Cold Chain Incident/Exposure Wastage Report
• Biological Returns Form
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Basics
• Vaccine Storage and Handling during Transport
• Vaccine Storage and Handling - Knowledge Assessment
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines

Health Care Providers interested in storing publicly funded vaccine

• Holding Point Application 
• Min/Max Thermometer Order Form
• Vaccine Temperature Log Book
• Contingency Plan Information for Health Care Providers
• Contingency Plan Template for Health Care Providers 
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Basics
• Vaccine Storage and Handling during Transport
• Vaccine Storage and Handling - Knowledge Assessment
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines

• Vaccine Storage and Handling Basics
• Vaccine Storage and Handling during Transport
• Vaccine Storage and Handling - Knowledge Assessment 
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines

• Assessing and Administering Immunization Schedule
  • Topics include: review of eligibility, immunization schedules, dosing, intervals and antigens

• Vaccine Administration Practices
  • Topics include: client assessment, rights of immunization, immunization sites, client positioning, pain management techniques, vaccine preparation, administration, and disposal and adverse events following immunization
• Vaccine Storage and Handling for Health Care Providers
• Topics include: cold chain responsibilities, temperature monitoring, equipment, cold chain incidents, contingency planning

Please contact us at 519-575-4400 ext 5505 for further information about these presentations.