| The Vaccine Preventable Disease Program
The Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) Team currently offers both
routine and travel immunizations at six area clinics and delivers
immunizations within the school setting. The team also gathers and
tracks the immunization status of all children enrolled in local
schools and daycares and provides immunization information to
parents, children and health care professional. In order to ensure
the efficacy of publicly funded vaccines, the VPD team conducts
annual fridge inspections in health professional's offices, long
term care homes, some workplaces and hospitals and investigates all
incidences when publicly funded vaccines are not kept within the
proper "cold chain" temperature range. The VPD team also deals with
Reports of Adverse Events Following Immunization.
These activities are required under the Ontario Public Health
Standards, 2008.
Information and consent for Hepatitis B, Meningococcal C and HPV
" Medical Exemption form required for children with vaccine
contraindications (scan in document two pages) Print off two copies
of the completed form and fax them to the Medical Officer of Health
at Fax 613-345-5777
" School and Daycare Immunization Registration Documents
" Health Unit Vaccine order form and return form
" Cold Chain Management
Vaccines are sensitive biological substances that can lose their
effectiveness if they are not stored properly. The transportation
and storage of vaccines within a temperature range of 2° and 8°
Celsius is the goal of what has come to be known as the "Cold
Chain." The cold chain, one of the many components of proper vaccine
storage, begins with manufacturing, moves through the Federal and
Provincial distribution channels and ends when the vaccine is
administered. A vaccine can be wasted if it is exposed to
temperatures outside the appropriate range. This waste is a
significant, yet preventable liability. The Health Unit is working
closely with front line health care facilities to improve the
awareness of and adherence to the
guidelines for proper vaccine
storage
 .
If your office contains ministry vaccine (received from the health
unit) the fridge temperatures must be recorded and cleared twice a
day. If there is a temperature that is out of range, either below
2?C or above 8?C, it is very important that you contact your local
public health unit immediately at 613-345-5685.
Thermometer Information:
There are two kinds of thermometers that the health unit supplies
-Air Sensing thermometer instructions link (old style) Pic from S
Healy & instructions for use
- Liquid Sensing thermometer Instructions link (new style) Pic from
S Healy & instructions for use
" Report of Adverse Events Following Immunization
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/pdf/hc4229e.pdf
" Vaccine Fact Sheets for Patient Education
Hepatitis A (link to existing Fact sheet)
Hepatitis B " "
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/hepbbaby.html
Influenza ( link to existing Fact sheet)
Measles Mumps Rubella " "
Meningitis " "
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/pnem.html
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/pnem_conjugate.html
Polio (link to existing fact sheet)
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/rabies.html
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/tdp.html
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/td.html
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