The fax and recorded message services are available 24 hours, seven days a week. Dial 1, Dial at least three pauses , and then, Dial 1 . Providers who receive vaccine shipments via Western Air Express need to return the shipping containers and cold packs . The cost of return is paid by the State Immunization Program . Instructions for return are on a label attached to each container.
Vaccine is shipped directly to providers.
For providers with multiple office sites, the vaccine will be shipped to one central site. Varicella vaccine is shipped directly from the manufacturer to the site requesting the vaccine. To provide an accounting of the purchases to our funding sources, providers are required to submit monthly doses administered, doses received and vaccine inventory reports. These reports are due by the 15th following the close of each calendar month. At a minimum, vaccine storage units are to be equipped with temperature monitoring devices which can measure both the maximum and minimum temperature .