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<b><u>General Information - Updated Aug 7, 2024</b></u><ul><li><b>Community pharmacies:</b> Must register in AVI to receive provincially-funded vaccine, including influenza. <li><b>Product Problem:</b> Manufacturing defects must be reported using the <i><a href=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/58d31634-61d9-469d-b95f-f714719b923e/resource/5403ebff-4dda-4f35-b7f7-4e1fab70a31a/download/health-aip-product-problem-form.pdf>publicly funded vaccine product form</a>.</i><li><b>Cold Chain Excursions: </b> Refer to Part 2 in the <a href=https://open.alberta.ca/publications/alberta-vaccine-storage-and-handling-policy-for-provincially-funded-vaccine>Alberta Immunization Policy (AIP)</a> (Section 6). <li><b>Communication Guidance:</b> <ul><li><a href=mailto:Health.Imm@gov.ab.ca>Health.Imm@gov.ab.ca</a>: All program and policy related questions or concerns. This includes administration of provincially funded vaccine, cold chain, expiry extensions, allocations, COVID and influenza questions, product issues, and vaccine storage. <li><a href=mailto:AVIsupport@stchome.com>AVIsupport@stchome.com</a>: General AVI help desk questions such as questions related to log in processes, reconciling vaccine inventory, creating or receiving orders/transfers. <li><a href=mailto:Health.AVI@gov.ab.ca>Health.AVI@gov.ab.ca</a>: AVI questions regarding vaccine transfers between community pharmacies and physician clinics, compliance program questions, AVI registration and reconciliation corrections.</ul>

<b><u>Message for Community Physician Clinics - Updated March 26, 2025</u></b> <p>Primary and Preventative Health Services communicated a temporary pause in distribution of provincially funded vaccine to medical and nurse practitioner clinics on April 19, 2024, due to contract expiration with the vendor. We appreciate your support in suggesting that Albertans can continue to access immunization services at AHS public health clinics and pharmacies while we work to resolve this distribution disruption. AVI registration for Community Physician Clinics will not be available until provincially funded vaccine distribution resumes.</p>

<b><u>Message for Community Pharmacies - Updated March 12, 2025</u></b> <p><b>Pharmacy to Pharmacy</b> Provincially Funded Vaccine Transfers: Community providers seeking to transfer provincially funded vaccine to other community providers <u><font color=red>must</font></u> contact <a href="mailto:health.AVI@gov.ab.ca">health.AVI@gov.ab.ca</a> for approval before physically transferring vaccine.

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<strong><u><mark>Withdrawn Vaccine</mark> - Updated July 25, 2025</u></strong> <font color=red><b>Updated </font color></b> <p>The following vaccines have been withdrawn and must be removed from inventory. <br>Not removing the vaccines will affect compliance rates as per the <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fstc-app-ab%2Fpdf%2FAVI%2520Responsibilities%2520%26%2520Expectations.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CHealth.AVI%40gov.ab.ca%7Cc32db888882d436c640508dc97834b52%7C2bb51c06af9b42c58bf53c3b7b10850b%7C0%7C0%7C638551837369866933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vacR4%2B%2F5V%2BBHcpFHNs66LAHUsTifql9cN0Kg08u%2B8r0%3D&amp;reserved=0">AVI Responsibilities &amp; Expectations.</a></p> <table border="6"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Vaccine</td> <td><strong>Withdrawn Date</td> <td><strong>Remove in AVI by</td> <td><strong>Pharmacy Communication</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="yellow"> <tr><td>Pfizer KP.2 COVID-19 Vaccine </td> <td>July 31, 2025</td> <td> August 31, 2025</td> <td><a href="https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/pdfs/pharmacy-benefacts/pharmacy-benefact-1266.pdf">Benefact #1266</a></td> <tr><td>Influenza Vaccine</td> <td>May 1, 2025</td> <td>May 30, 2025</td> <td><a href="https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/pdfs/pharmacy-benefacts/pharmacy-benefact-1244.pdf">Benefact #1244</a></td></tr> </tbody> </table>

<style>.blink {animation:blinker 1.2s linear infinite; color: red}@keyframes blinker {50% {opacity: 0; color:red}}</style><b><u>Inventory Management Tips - Updated Aug 6, 2024</u></b> <br><ul><li>AVI quantities are always in <font color=red><u>DOSES</b></u></font>. Please place orders and reconcile inventory by doses for each vaccine product, not by package.<br><i>Example: 5 dose/pkg. You would input quantity as 5 in AVI.</i> <li><b>PHARMACY ONLY:</b> Please follow up with wholesale distributors if their ordering system uses doses or units for provincially-funded vaccine orders such as Pneumococcal, Tdap, influenza, and COVID vaccines. <font color=red>Influenza vaccine must be ordered in <b><u>units</u></b>, not doses. </font> <ul><li><font color=green><b>Senior and Standard Dose-TIV Influenza: </b> <u>One</u> unit is equal to <b><u>10 doses</b></u></font>

<style>.column{font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;background:#eee;float:left;width:50%}.btn1{background:#ffffff;border-radius:8px;padding:8px 24px;transition-duration:0.4s;}.btn1:hover{background-color:#0092cd;color: white;}.glow{text-shadow:0 0 5px #41dee8,0 0 10px #41dee8,0 0 15px #41dee8;display: inline;}</style><div style="background:#eee;padding-left:6px;line-height:125%;border:1px solid #bfbfbf;border-bottom:0px solid">&nbsp;</div><div style="background:#304c7f;padding-left:6px;line-height:125%;color:#fff;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica"><b>Need to register?</b></div><div style="background:#bfbfbf;padding-left:6px;line-height:125%;border:1px solid #bfbfbf;">&nbsp;</div><div class="row"><div class="column"><div style="padding-left:16px;padding-right:7px;padding-top:7px;border:1px solid #bfbfbf;"><div class="glow">Community pharmacies</div> requiring access to the Alberta Vaccine Inventory (AVI) system:<br><br><div style="text-align:center;"><button class="btn1 btn-success" onclick='window.open("https://forms.gle/U8ia74wvgbKfjefJ9")'>COMMUNITY REGISTRATION</button><br><br></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="column"><div style="background:#eee;padding-left:16px;padding-right:7px;padding-top:7px;border-top:1px solid #bfbfbf;border-right:1px solid #bfbfbf;border-bottom:1px solid #bfbfbf;">AHS providers requiring access to the Alberta Vaccine Inventory (AVI) system:<br><br><div style="text-align:center;"><button class="btn1 btn-success" onclick='window.open("https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page13604.aspx")'>AHS REGISTRATION</button><br><br></div></div></div><div class="row"><div style="background:#eee;padding-left:16px;padding-right:7px;padding-top:7px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #bfbfbf;"><br>&nbsp;<br><b>Important Note: AVI accounts are suspended after <font color=red> 6 months of inactivity.</font></b><br>If you have questions, please email health.avi@gov.ab.ca for assistance.<br><br></div>