Switch to Online Ordering for School-Based Vaccines and RSV Products; Spring COVID-19 Doses end June 30
Switch to Online Ordering for School-Based Vaccines and RSV Products; Spring COVID-19 Doses end June 30
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Quick facts
Starting , school-based vaccines (for students in grades 7–12) and RSV prevention products must be ordered using the online vaccine order form available on the Information for Physicians page of the Halton website.
Faxed orders for school-based vaccines and RSV products received after will not be processed. The vaccine ordering deadline and distribution schedule remain unchanged.
Administration of spring COVID-19 doses for eligible high-risk populations ends on .
Key messages for healthcare providers
The following vaccines have been added to the existing vaccine order form and can be ordered along with other routine vaccines beginning July 2nd:
School-based vaccines
Men-C-ACYW
HPV-9
HB
Adult and pediatric formulations
RSV prevention products
Nirsevimab
Available for ordering starting fall 2026
RSV vaccine
Only doses for the high-risk older adult program can be ordered now.
Doses for pregnant individuals can be ordered starting .
Public Health will continue to administer school-based vaccines to grade 7 and 8 students through in-school immunization clinics. However, this process for ordering school-based vaccines allows physician practices to have these vaccines readily available if families prefer to have their primary care provider administer them.
Single physician practices can continue to order up to 5 doses of each school-based vaccine. Larger practices with multiple physicians or single physician practices that regularly administer Men-C-ACYW-135, Hepatitis B, and/or HPV-9 vaccines under the routine vaccine program can order up to 20 doses of each school-based vaccine.
Parents or guardians are still responsible for reporting all their child’s immunizations to Public Health, including any school-based vaccines that were not given by Public Health, at halton.ca/immunize.
Clinics should continue to report doses of school-based vaccines that they have administered to Public Health. This information helps Public Health staff know about any previous doses of school-based vaccines that have been administered if the student presents at an in-school immunization clinic. Clinics can report school-based vaccine doses that they have administered by completing and faxing the School-Based Vaccines Reporting Form (PDF file) to 905-465-3403.
Clinics should continue to order school-based vaccines and RSV vaccines by the Wednesday before their next scheduled bi-weekly delivery date, following the existing Vaccine Distribution Schedule.
Spring doses may continue to be given ONLY to severely immunocompromised individuals until . These individuals must be assessed by their healthcare provider to determine if immunization cannot wait until the next annual COVID-19 vaccine program (i.e., ) and receipt of the updated formulation that will provide optimum protection against the circulating strains can be delayed.
