The safe and effective provision of vaccines is complex and, as confirmed during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, global vaccine supplies are limited and fragile. We have created this resource to help guide your safe and effective participation in our provincial immunization programs. We hope this toolkit will be helpful in the months and years ahead and commit to providing you with timely updates as new information and standards become available.

Storage and Handling of Vaccine

• General Guidelines / Vaccine Fridges
• Organizing the Vaccine Fridge / Thermometers and Temperature Monitoring / How to Read a Min/Max Thermometer
• Vaccine Temperature Log (Celsius) Days 1-15
• Vaccine Temperature Log (Celsius) Days 16-31

Power Outage

• Anticipating a Power Outage
• Vaccine Inventory Alternate Storage in Event of Power Outage

Cold Chain Failure

• Management of Cold Chain Failure
• Vaccine Cold Chain Failure Incident Report

Ordering

• Ordering Vaccine and Inventory Procedures
• Requisition for Publicly Funded Vaccine
• Requisition for Publicly Funded Vaccine - Free Issue Request for High Risk Patients

Reporting

• Reporting Requirements
• Childhood Immunization Record
• Adult Immunization Record
• Reciprocal Notification Form
• Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI)
• It's the Law Reporting Adverse Events Following Immunizationg (AEFI)
• Reporting Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI)

Immunization Schedules

• Nova Scotia Childhood Immunization Schedule
• Immunization Schedule for Adults
• School Immunization Schedule

Urgent Issues

• Tetanus Prophylaxis in Wound Management
• Rabies Letter to Physicians (PEP)
• Rabies Immune Globulin (HRIG) Dosage by Body Weight
• Important Information - Rabies and Treatment

General Resources

• Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion
• Caring for Kids - Child and youth health information for Canada's paediatric experts 
• Health and Wellness - Government of Nova Scotia
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) - Immunization and Vaccines  

Health Professionals Resources

• Canadian Immunization Guide - Public Health Agency of Canada
• National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) - Public Health Agency of Canada

Parent Resources

• Canadian Paediatric Society

Communicable Disease Prevention and Control

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  • Chickenpox (Varicella)
  • Diphtheria
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b
  • Hepatitis B
  • Influenza (the flu)
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal (Meningitis)
  • Mumps
  • Pneumococcal
  • Polio
  • Rubella (German measles)
  • Tetanus
  • Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Publications
  • NS Immunization Schedules
  • General Immunization Resources
  • Flu, Mumps & Whooping Cough
  • School Immunization Program
  • Important Information About Other Publicly Funded Vaccines