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Immunizations

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Safe Vaccine Administration During COVID-19
(PDF, 171KB)

Routine Immunization Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused health care providers to change how they operate to continue to provide essential services to patients. Ensuring that immunization services are maintained or reinitiated is essential for protecting individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks and reducing the burden of respiratory illness during the upcoming influenza season.

CDC has issued “Interim Guidance for Immunization Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic” to help immunization providers in a variety of clinical settings plan for the safe vaccine administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance will be updated as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves.

Highlights include:

  • Considerations for routine vaccination of all recommended vaccinations for children, adolescents, and adults, including pregnant women
  • General practices for the safe delivery of vaccination services, including considerations for alternative vaccination sites
  • Strategies for catch up vaccinations

We encourage you to share this guidance with local public health departments, VFC providers, health care providers, professional organizations, and other partners.

Safe Vaccine Administration During COVID-19 (PDF, 171KB)

In addition to overseeing Florida's main immunization program, the Florida Department of Health provides information to assist with making informed decisions.

Florida SHOTS (State Health Online Tracking System) Logo. Florida Shots Immunization Registry-Keeping Shots in Check

Florida SHOTS (State Health Online Tracking System) is a free, statewide, centralized online immunization registry that helps parents, health care providers, and schools keep track of immunization records.

Ask your health care provider for a personal identification number so you can view your child’s immunization history and print a copy of your child’s Florida Certification of Immunization (DH Form 680).

For more information, visit Florida SHOTS or call 877-888-7468.