COVID-19 Vaccines

For patients or parents seeking a COVID-19 vaccine, visit the state's Vaccine Locator, or call the COVID-19 Information Hotline at 800.525.0127, then press #.

Find more WSMA public service announcements on vaccines and other COVID-19 subjects on our Vimeo page.

COVID-19 Patient Education Brochure

The WSMA offers a patient education brochure titled “Information About the COVID-19 Vaccine” available in English and Spanish to order for your waiting or exam rooms. The brochure is part of WSMA’s “Talk to Your Doctor” COVID-19 vaccine confidence campaign targeting rural communities and featuring WSMA member physicians. Learn more and order some for your office.

Instilling COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

The WSMA has joined the Washington State Department of Health to help promote confidence in, and uptake of, life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. Our members are the key to our success in this endeavor. By leveraging the trust patients have in their physicians, you can help ensure Washingtonians are receiving guidance based on sound science and good medical practice—and help counter the increasing barrage of misinformation circulating on- and offline.

Join the Power of Providers initiative

Washington’s Power of Providers COVID-19 vaccine initiative encourages physicians from all specialties and health care providers throughout the state to proactively reach out and talk to their patients about COVID-19 vaccination. You can commit to the POP initiative by agreeing to SEEK, ASK, VACCINATE, and EMPOWER (SAVE) your patients around COVID-19 vaccine.

SEEK: Seek your patients’ COVID-19 vaccination status.
ASK/EDUCATE: If your patient isn't vaccinated, ask them about the vaccine and offer education if they’re unsure.
VACCINATE: If your patient agrees to vaccination, provide them with a COVID-19 vaccine or a referral to a location that provides COVID-19 vaccination.
EMPOWER: Empower your patients to share their vaccination status with the community.

If you agree to do these four things at your practice, please fill out the online commitment form. The Department of Health will send you your certificate as well as optional buttons or stickers. Learn more about the POP initiative.

COVID-19 conversation guides for physicians and health care providers

The DOH offers a new provider toolkit featuring educational materials and information, including conversation guides, designed to instill confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. Find the conversation guides under Educational Materials then Resources for Providers.

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology offers a COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy: Conversation Guide for Clinicians.

Professional Resources

Governor mandates COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

The Washington State Department of Health has provided guidance to help health care employees and employers move into compliance with this directive (review the emergency proclamation). Make sure you’re familiar with this information by downloading the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement FAQ for Health Providers, Workers, Settings, and Operators.

The WSMA is helping physicians and practices across Washington implement this new mandate, regardless of practice type. Working with the law firm Montgomery Purdue PLLC, the WSMA has prepared guidance, including sample clinic policy and exemption forms and an on-demand vaccine mandate webinar Q&A. Visit Implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate at Your Practice (sign-in required – to establish an account with the WSMA, click on ‘sign in’ at the top of the page) for more information on these resources.

Enroll in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Practice, clinics, and other facilities interested in administering COVID-19 vaccine must enroll in the federal COVID-19 Vaccination Program. Visit the DOH website for details. For questions about the enrollment process or for technical assistance, please contact COVID.vaccine@doh.wa.gov.

COVID-19 Scientific Safety Review Workgroup

The COVID-19 Scientific Safety Review Workgroup, which includes Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, and California, reviews the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines when approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. State officials believe this added layer of independent expert review will help build confidence in the vaccine. Washington's representatives on the work group include Edgar Marcus, MD, University of Washington, and John Dunn, MD, Kaiser Permanente Washington.

COVID-19 Vaccine News

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CME: Embed the COVID-19 Vaccine Into Your Practice Workflow

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/Newsletters/MembershipMemo/2022/december/covid-vaccines-doh-webinars-ondemand-645x425px.png" class="pull-right" alt="COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series graphic" /></div> <h5>December 9, 2022</h5>  <h2>CME: Embed the COVID-19 Vaccine Into Your Practice Workflow</h2> <p>Increasing the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine continues to be of crucial importance, with uptake of the bivalent COVID-19 booster <a href="https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/data-dashboard">still low</a> and with the state's critical care system straining as it devotes resources to outbreaks of flu and respiratory syncytial virus. If your practice or clinic does not yet offer the COVID-19 vaccine as part of its routine preventive care, the WSMA can help.</p> <p>The WSMA has joined with the Washington State Department of Health to give physician practices and clinics the tools and information they need to incorporate the COVID-19 vaccines into their practice workflows and engage patients in conversations about the vaccine. This activity has been approved for <em>AMA PRA Category 1 Credit</em>â„¢.</p> <p>The two-part WSMA/DOH COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series meets the following learning objectives:</p>  <h4>Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patients</h4> <ul> <li>Use effective strategies to engage patients in conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine by addressing their questions, fears, and concerns.</li> <li>Review real-world examples of how to discuss the pediatric and adult vaccines, as well as booster vaccines.</li> <li>Outline the key elements of Power of Provider (POP) and the resources included in the toolkit.</li> </ul>  <h4>How to Embed COVID-19 Vaccines into Routine Preventive Care</h4> <ul> <li>Bill for COVID-19 vaccine counseling and administration.</li> <li>Access small, more manageable quantities of COVID-19 vaccines from vaccine depots across the state.</li> <li>Join the more than 65,000 Washington physicians, PAs, and health care professionals who have already committed to educating and empowering their patients to vaccinate.</li> <li>Leverage the physician toolkit and public-facing resources to help protect the health and well-being of your community.</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.wsma.org/wsma/education/on_demand_webinars/covid-19-vaccines-webinar-series.aspx">Begin CME activity</a>.</p> </div>

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Single-Dose Vials of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/Newsletters/MembershipMemo/2022/december/istock-1372360890-645x425px.jpeg" class="pull-right" alt="physician administering vaccine" /></div> <h5>December 9, 2022</h5> <h2>Single-Dose Vials of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available</h2> <p>Updated single-dose vials of bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people 12 years of age or older are now available in limited quantities to jurisdictional and federal entity administration partners, per an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This limited introduction of single-dose vials is designed to allow for the administration of updated COVID-19 vaccines in more places, such as physicians' offices or mobile clinics that may not have the capacity or demand to keep multi-dose vials of COVID-19 vaccine on hand.</p> <p>Single-dose vials will be available at a minimum order quantity of 50 doses. Awardees will be limited to not more than 150 single-dose vials per order. HHS is encouraging eligible partners to direct their orders of single-dose vials to sites such as doctors' offices or community health centers that have consistently low or irregular patient traffic or might not otherwise offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Partners are strongly encouraged to consider equity and consult resources, such as <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/reporting-vaccinations.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fvaccines%2Fdistributing%2Fabout-vaccine-data.html">national data published by CDC</a> on updated vaccine uptake by race and ethnicity.</p> <p>HHS offers a <a href="javascript://[Uploaded files/For Members/aspr-one-dose-vial-1pg.pdf]">quick fact sheet</a>&nbsp;with specifications and ordering information for the single-dose vial Pfizer bivalent booster.</p> </div>

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Webinar: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Drive-Through Vaccination Clinics

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/Newsletters/MembershipMemo/2022/december/roger-starnes-sr-pvlqxlvmsis-unsplash-645x425px.jpeg" class="pull-right" alt="Display board reading 'COVID Shots'" /></div> <h5>December 9, 2022</h5> <h2>Webinar: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Drive-Through Vaccination Clinics</h2> <p>With staffing shortages, respiratory illness outbreaks, and other pandemic-associated fallout continuing to strain Washington's health care system, more attention is being paid to innovative models of care delivery that can help ease capacity issues and remove barriers to the provision of basic services. To that end, the Washington State Department of Health is hosting a webinar on Monday, Dec. 19, from noon to 1p.m., featuring four presenters who will share their unique COVID-19 drive-through vaccination clinic experiences. The speakers will describe their vaccination model, clinical tools used, communication and education efforts, lessons learned, and offer clinical resources for successful implementation of drive-through vaccination clinics. The webinar will be recorded and continuing education is available for nurses and pharmacists/pharmacy techs. <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FAZp3g6rTqyZMZxqES41oQ">Register for the free webinar online</a>.</p> </div>

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COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 Patient Education Brochure

Instilling COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Join the Power of Providers initiative

COVID-19 conversation guides for physicians and health care providers

Professional Resources

Governor mandates COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

Enroll in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program

COVID-19 Scientific Safety Review Workgroup

COVID-19 vaccine clinical and safety information

COVID-19 vaccination training

COVID-19 vaccine information

COVID-19 Vaccine News