Balancing Act: Launching Pentacel during the Hib Shortage Jan Hicks-Thomson, MSW, MPA Washington State Department of Health
Problems Identified Concern Disease Concern Missed Doses Extra Visits Wait Lists Limiting Shots Extra Work Worried Parents
Response No New Doses No ACIP Change “Enough” Listen Respond Transfer Reallocate Guidance from VAC
Was the Allocation Enough? 87,000 (projected births 08) x3 (shortage series) 261,000 (sub-total) % 12 (monthly average) %) x.90 (expected rate) 19,574 (calculated need) Order HistoryBirth Cohort
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Population Based 2 Product Allocation CountyJanuary TotalActHibPentacel Adams1200 Asotin2100 Benton - Franklin Chelan - Douglas Clallam19090 Clark Benton-Franklin Hib Order TrackingJanuary ActHibPentacel Total Monthly Allocation Balance (MUST BE ≥ 0) PINProvider NameApproved Delos, Reyes C Richland Family Medicine Chou, H.D Ahart, S Columbia Family Medicine3020 Allocation Strategy
Overlay High Volume Providers PINName Monthly Hib Pediarix Inventory MALLARD PEDIATRICS MARINER PEDIATRICS- PINELAKE139not entered GRIFFEY PEDIATRICS SOUNDER MEDICAL YELLING PEDIATRICS OLYMPIC PRACTICE GENOME KIDS CLINIC SEAHAWKS CLINIC - Lake Stevens100not entered SEAHAWKS CLINIC - Silver Lake100not entered BUNKO PEDIATRICS250484
Clallam Jefferson Grays Harbor Pacific Whatcom 1 Skagit 3 Snohomish 6 King 23 Pierce Lewis Mason Cowlitz Thurston 2 Clark 5 Skamania Klickitat Yakima 2 Kittitas Chelan Douglas Grant Okanogan Ferry Stevens Pend Oreille Spokane 2 Lincoln Adams Whitman Franklin Benton Walla Walla 1 Columbia Garfield Asotin Kitsap 9 Counties 45 Provider Sites Beginning Provider Participation
Hib Containing Vaccine Before and After Pentacel May 2008 – Feb
Clallam 5 Jefferson 1 Grays Harbor 2 Pacific Whatcom 10 Skagit 6 Snohomish 32 King 171 Pierce 49 Lewis 1 Mason 1 Cowlitz 2 Thurston 15 Clark 26 Skamania 1 Klickitat Yakima 19 Kittitas Chelan / Douglas 6 Grant 4 Okanogan 2 Ferry Stevens Pend Oreille Spokane 16 Lincoln Adams1 Whitman 2 Benton / Franklin 24 Walla Walla 5 Columbia Garfield Asotin Kitsap 10 Island 1 N.E. Tri 1 27 Counties 413 Provider Sites Wahkiakum Ending Provider Participation
Trouble Shooting Single Dose Disease Risk New Vaccine Medical Errors Inventory Management Lot Numbers
Vaccine Supply Issues Pentacel, Hep. B and Pediarix July 2008 – Feb 2009
Inventory Management Pediarix Inventory: February # Providers Inventory (doses) 2> <100 Hepatitis B Back-Orders Week# Providers 3/16/0920 3/20/0960 Through MayNormal Supply? Summer 2009Spotty Supply? Fall 2009Normal Supply?
How Are We Doing? Year All Cases Type B Up to Date Ages B Type Cases mos , 3, 14 mos N/AN/A 20092UKUKUK HiB Disease Reported in Washington
How Are We Doing? Born 11/1/07 to 3/31/08 Receiving 1, 2, and 3 doses by 9 months of age DoseHibPCV %96.7% 1 & 282.4%85.1% 1, 2 & 355%64% Children w/ 2 or more immunizations. Getting Kids Vaccinated in Washington Registry Recorded Doses Area3 Hib3 IPV4 Hib Adams89%90%4% Grant88%89%8% Chelan90%89%11% Douglas92% 14% Based on Immunization Registry Data
National Immunization Survey Results Washington State NIS Rates and Rankings, Vaccine Difference, RateRankRateRankRateRank 4+DTaP80.9± ± ±7.3 ↑ 8 3+Polio85.1± ± ±6.6 ↑ 1 1+MMR90.5± ± ±5.2 ↑ 3 3+Hib90.1± ± ±5.6↑ 17 3+HepB85.0± ± ±6.1 ↑ 1 1+Var84.0± ± ±6.4 ↑ 1 4+PCV73.8± ± ±8.2 ↓ 6 4:3:1:3:3:169.0± ± ±8.5 ↑ 14 4:3:1:3:3:1:464.6± ± ±8.8 ↑ 5
Held our own with rates! How Are We Doing? Implementation – System Indicators Successful Integration Within Reason of ACIP Balance with CDC Reports Responsive to Providers Never over Allocation Secured Additional Vaccine
Acknowledgements Mike Bin Wendy Bowman Chris Halsell Flo Zikas Janna Bardi Lin Watson Contact: Jan Hicks-Thomson, MSW, MPA Blessed are the Balanced, for they shall outlast us all!