Healthcare Provider Immunization Education & Tools
COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Agreements
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) greatly appreciates your organization’ participation in the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program. Your Organization’s chief medical officer (or equivalent) and chief executive officer (or chief fiduciary)—collectively, Responsible Officers—must complete and sign the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Requirements and Legal Agreement (Section A). In addition, the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Profile Information (Section B) must be completed for each vaccination location (Location) covered under the Organization listed in Section A. Once your organization has completed your COVID-19 Vaccine Program Provider Agreements please email them to covid.vaccines@state.nm.us.
- CDC-Revised document as COVID-19 Vaccine Program Provider Agreement
- CDC-Supplemental document as COVID-19 Vaccine Redistribution Agreement
COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Program Trainings
The COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Program trainings are intended for all enrolled COVID-19 Vaccine Program Providers. The information included will provide guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Program requirement including storage and handling, administration, and ordering.
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 1
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 2
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 3
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 4
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 5
- COVID 19 Vaccine Provider Training Part 6
COVID-19 Vaccination Staff Trainings
The COVID-19 Vaccine Staff Trainings are intended for anyone who will be administering vaccine during COVID-19 vaccination clinics. This includes nurses, pharmacists, EMT’s, physicians, community volunteers, and any health science students. The information included will provide guidance needed to hold a safe and socially distanced COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 1
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 2
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 3
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 4
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 5
- COVID-19 Vaccine Training Part 6
Influenza Vaccine Staff Trainings
The Influenza Vaccine Staff Trainings are intended for anyone who will be administering vaccine during a mass flu clinic this season. This includes nurses, pharmacists, EMT’s, physicians, community volunteers, and any health science students who will be administering vaccine. The information included will provide guidance needed to hold a safe influenza vaccination clinic.
- Influenza Vaccine Staff Training 2020 Part 1 and 2
- Influenza Vaccine Staff Training 2020 Part 3
- Influenza Vaccine Staff Training 2020 Part 4
- Influenza Vaccine Staff Training 2020 Part 5
- Influenza Vaccine Staff Training 2020 Part 6
Vaccine Management
Proper management and storage of vaccines is critical to maintaining their biological potency. The CDC Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit is designed to provide guidance to immunization providers on aspects of vaccine storage and handling, transportation, equipment, standard operating procedures and training for personnel.
Adult Vaccine Ordering
Public Health Offices and in some limited circumstances Federally Qualified Health Centers may use this Adult Vaccine Order Form to order adult vaccine for use within the Adult Vaccine Screening Criteria.
Healthcare providers may use this to order adult vaccines.
If you need to return your vaccines, please use the Adult Vaccine Return Form.
Consent Forms
The Adult Vaccine Consent Form form may be used by patients aged 19 and older to provide vaccination consent to a healthcare provider.
This form is available in both English and Spanish.
Monkey Pox Protocol
Immunization Protocols
Effective vaccination requires adherence to specific protocols for each vaccine that define appropriate routes of administration, numbers of shots needed and intervals between shots, when vaccination is not recommended, and who should not receive them.
The NMDOH Immunization Protocols contains approved protocols for childhood vaccines, including DTaP, Dt, Td, Tdap, inactivated Polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella, Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Meningococcal conjugate, Rotavirus, and HPV.
Addressing Concerns about Vaccines & Autism
Due to media exposure of two flawed medical papers, there is rampant misinformation about vaccines and autism. Parents and guardians need resources to address their questions about this topic. There is no evidence of vaccines causing autism.
Here are some resources for providers, parents, and guardians to get more information:
- Evidence Shows Vaccines Unrelated to Autism
- Vaccines and Autism: What You Should Know
- MMR Vaccine Does Not Cause Autism
- Need Help Responding to Vaccine-Hesitant Parents?
- Vaccine Resources to Share with Parents
Quality Improvement Activities
Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange
Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange (AFIX) is a quality improvement strategy to raise immunization coverage levels and improve standards of practices at the provider level. This four-part dynamic strategy stands for Assessment of immunization coverage of public and private providers, Feedback of diagnostic information to improve service delivery, Incentives to recognize and reward improved performance, and eXchange of information among providers.
The Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practices emphasize the use of assessment and feedback techniques, recommending that providers conduct semi-annual audits to assess immunization coverage levels and to review immunization records in the patient populations they serve. The results of such assessments should be discussed by providers as part of their ongoing quality assurance reviews and used to develop solutions to the problems identified.
Visit the Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange web page for more information on AFIX.
Quality Improvement Tools for Providers in NMSIIS
VFC Providers can now produce their own NMSIIS AFIX Data Snapshot Reports and NMSIIS Immunization Rates Reports directly from NMSIIS. Data Snapshot reports provide coverage rates and lists of childhood and adolescent clients who are not up-to-date or missing immunizations. Immunization Rates reports can be customized for any age group, time period, or vaccine series.
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) is a national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of vaccines licensed for use in the United States.
VAERS provides a nationwide mechanism by which adverse events following immunization may be reported, analyzed, and made available to the public. VAERS also provides a vehicle for disseminating vaccine safety-related information to parents and guardians, health care providers, vaccine manufacturers, state vaccine programs, and other constituencies.
Resources
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Vaccine Information Statements
- New Mexico Immunization Coalition
- Vaccine Safety
- Vaccinating Adults: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Immunization of Healthcare Personnel
- Healthcare Personnel Vaccination Recommendations
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide and Conjugate Vaccines for Adults Flyer
- EZIZ
- Adult TSR Form
- COVID-19 Vaccine Troubleshooting Report