Important - Change to Covid Bivalent vaccine 01 March
What you need to know:
• EDUCATION to follow from IMAC
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA also to follow from Te Whatu Ora. There’s a possibility this could be extended, however we have no details yet.
• Keep using the Pfizer Comirnaty (12+ years) Purple Cap Vaccine until 28 February.
• On end of day 28 February, all Comirnaty (12+ years) Purple Cap Vaccine vials are to be disposed of in the Interwaste vial disposal bins and recorded as wastage in the CIR inventory.
• 100 Dose Administration Kits are not required as vaccines are prediluted. Unifix 1mL syringes and Vernacare LDS Long Orange 25G 25mm needles (or Vernacare LDS Blue 23G 38mm) are used for administration.
• Both Grey Cap Vaccines are prediluted and have a fridge life of 10 weeks.
• We recognise that as both have grey caps there will be a risk of errors. We have raised this concern, however please consider how your practice will minimise this risk.
This is available to order now, so please place an order to ensure you have the stock ready to start using on Wednesday 01 March.
Please also ensure you order enough purple cap to get you through to 01 March.
For any questions, please contact Donna Gardiner on donna.gardiner@bopdhb.govt.nz.