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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.

<b><u>Notice: End of 2025-2026 Influenza Season - Updated April 2, 2026</u><font color = red> Updated</font></b> <p><span>The Alberta Influenza Immunization Program (including Outreach) ends on March 31, 2026. Some children may be eligible for a second dose of influenza vaccine can receive it until April 30, 2026. All provincially funded influenza vaccines must be removed from cold chain storage for appropriate destruction on May 1, 2026. All influenza vaccines leftover at the end of the season is considered withdrawn and inventory remaining must be accounted for and reconciled in the Alberta Vaccine Inventory (AVI) management system using:</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Category: Wasted</span></li> <li><span>Reason: Wasted/Influenza Season End</span></li> </ul> <p><span>Community Pharmacies: Wholesalers cannot accept provincially funded influenza vaccine returns. Pharmacies are responsible for the proper destruction of unused or expired vaccines. The cost of destruction will not be reimbursed. See <a href="https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/pdfs/pharmacy-benefacts/pharmacy-benefact-1311.pdf">Benefact #1311</a> for further information.</span></p>

<style>.blink {animation:blinker 1.2s linear infinite; color: red}@keyframes blinker {50% {opacity: 0; color:red}}</style><b><u>Inventory Management Tips - <font color=red>Updated Feb 11, 2026</u></font></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>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> <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></ul> In the event that ordering errors for provincially funded vaccines result in receiving excess inventory, the ordering facility is responsible for accepting the doses and arranging redistribution to other facilities willing to accept the surplus. Once the recipient facilities are identified, <a href=mailto:"Health.AVI@gov.ab.ca">Health.AVI@gov.ab.ca </a> be contacted to facilitate the transfer process in AVI.<br>

<div style="background:#FFFF00;padding-left:6px;line-height:125%;border:1px solid #bfbfbf;border-bottom:0px solid"><br>It is a requirement for all sites to reconcile COVID-19 vaccine inventory on a daily basis, no later than 21:00h (excluding days that the site are physically closed). <br><br>Please ensure this task is designated to an individual at your site to complete daily. To reconcile COVID-19 vaccine inventory, the <b>Submit Inventory</b> button must be used.<br><br></div>

<font size=2><font color=Blue><b>Attention All Users: </b>Registration links have been moved to the AVI Home page. To register for an AVI account, please visit the Home page and select <b>Need to Register</b>.