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Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System (IVATS)
The purpose of IVATS is to
enable healthcare providers to find influenza vaccine to purchase, especially during the
critical vaccination period.
IVATS provides a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
containing the following information:
- Names of wholesale
distributors or manufacturers with vaccine in stock for sale and/or on order
- How to order vaccine
(phone, email, web or fax)
- Brands and formulations
in stock for sale and/or on order
- If on order, projected
availability date(s)
To download the
spreadsheet, right click the link, choose the "save as" option, and give the
file a name and location on your computer.
To print, simply click on the link, select "open file," and when printing, make
sure to print in "landscape" format on legal size paper to keep the report to one page.
Enrollment
Distributors and
manufacturers who wish to be listed in the IVATS database must first
enroll. After enrollment, the distributor or
manufacturer should fill out their first bi-weekly
report.
Reporting
Enrolled wholesale distributors and manufacturers should submit an updated
bi-weekly report every other week, or more
often if preferred.
Additional Information
The Influenza Vaccine
Availability Tracking System (IVATS) has been developed to address
difficulties healthcare providers may experience when trying to determine which
wholesale distributors or manufacturers have influenza vaccine in stock for sale
or on order. It is intended for use by: (1) healthcare providers seeking
vaccine; and (2) influenza vaccine wholesale distributors or manufacturers with
vaccine in stock for sale and/or on order.
IVATS resides on the
National Influenza Vaccine Summit website. Information from approved, enrolled
and participating wholesale vaccine distributors or manufacturers will be
updated throughout the 2008-2009 influenza vaccination
season.
A record number of 143-146
million doses of influenza vaccine have been projected for the 2008-2009
influenza vaccination season. With this more-than-ample supply anticipated, the objective is
that influenza vaccination continue until vaccine is no longer available. IVATS can
help to achieve this objective by linking healthcare providers with wholesale
distributors and manufacturers.
Disclaimer: Please note
that all information in IVATS is provided by wholesale distributors or
manufacturers on a voluntary basis. IVATS is not intended to endorse or promote
one wholesale distributor’s or manufacturer’s product over another, and all
licensed, wholesale distributors or manufacturers are welcome and encouraged to
enroll.
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