Vaccine Information for Primary Care
The information on this page is for health professionals. If you are looking for vaccine information for community members visit Vaccines and Immunizations.
The Ministry of Health’s publicly funded immunization schedule for Ontario provides a list of vaccines and the recommended vaccine schedule.
Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule
Respiratory virus vaccines |
COVID-19 Vaccine Information on COVID-19 vaccines may be found on our COVID-19 resources for health professionals webpage. Influenza Vaccine The Ministry of Health’s Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP) offers influenza vaccination 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 UIIP, email the ministry at UIIP.MOH@ontario.ca Influenza immunization toolkit The toolkit provides a collection of resources that can be used to promote annual influenza immunization amongst health care workers and facility staff.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Information on the RSV vaccine eligibility and types of vaccine products available at Ministry of Health's RSV prevention programs. |
Adverse Events After Immunization (AEFI) |
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.
Adverse Event Following Immunization Reporting For Health Care Providers In Ontario Fact Sheet (Public Health Ontario) |
Vaccine fact sheets |
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Vaccine order and forms |
To sign up as a new site or add a new fridge, complete a Holding Point Application from the request a form tool. Learn more at Vaccine Storage and Handling Resources for Health Care Providers. To access any of the forms listed below, please use our Request a form tool.
Vaccine pick-up or delivery
Health Care Providers (HCP) must now pick up vaccines at a Public Health office (Waterloo or Cambridge) OR arrange for courier, at your cost, for vaccine delivery. Vaccines must be picked up at the Public Health Unit or delivered via medical courier according to the Zone delivery schedule:
If you are unsure of which Zone your facility is in, please call (519) 575-4400 ext. 5930 or email phpidsvaccineinventorynurses@regionofwaterloo.ca
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Vaccine information |
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Resources to assist with assessing records |
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Cold Chain Incident follow up |
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Health Care Providers interested in storing publicly funded vaccine |
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Resources to assist with vaccine storage and handling |
Presentations that can be provided by Public Health staff |
Please contact us at 519-575-4400 ext 5505 for further information about these presentations. |
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