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Influenza, commonly referred to as the 'flu', is a severe respiratory illness that is easily spread and can lead to severe complications, even death. Each year in the U.S. on average, influenza and its related complications result in approximately 226,000 hospitalizations and nearly 24,000 deaths. Combined with pneumonia, influenza is the nation's eighth leading cause of death. You can help avoid getting and spreading influenza by getting vaccinated each year.

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Seasonal Influenza Information for Health Care Providers

Providers will find the latest information on vaccine supply, priority groups for immunizations, influenza activity and other information. Please check back frequently.

Table of Contents

• Vaccination
• Vaccination Tools
• NYSDOH Notifications and Guidance Documents
• Seasonal Influenza Supply and Distribution
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Resources
• Infection Control
• Clinical Guidance
• Surveillance
• Patient Education

Vaccination

Annual Seasonal Influenza Recommendations

• Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season, CDC
• Persons Recommended for Influenza Vaccination
• Public Health Law 2112 Prohibiting the Administration of Vaccines Containing More than Trace Amounts of Thimerosal to Children Less than 3 Years of Age and Pregnant Women
• Current Flu Season: What You Need to Know, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Composition of Influenza Vaccine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Dosage and Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Children

Older Adults

Pregnant Women and New Mothers

• Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy, Committee Opinion, ACOG
• Dear Colleague letter urging vaccination of pregnant and post-partum women, CDC
• Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women, CDC
• Pregnant Women & Influenza, CDC
• Responding to Influenza: A Toolkit for Prenatal Care Providers, CDC (PDF)
• Immunization for Women - Immunization Information for OB/GYNs and Their Patients, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Immunization and Pregnancy, CDC (PDF)
• ACIP: Guidance for Vaccine Recommendations for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, CDC
• Public Health Law 2112 Prohibiting the Administration of Vaccines Containing More than Trace Amounts of Thimerosal to Children Less than 3 Years of Age and Pregnant Women

Health Care Personnel

• Health Care Personnel Vaccination Recommendations
• Influenza Vaccination Rates for Health Care Personnel, 2012 – Present
• Influenza Vaccine Medical Exemption Statement for Health Care Personnel For use by health care facilities choosing to institute locality-specific influenza vaccination requirements for health care personnel.
• Regulation for Prevention of Influenza Transmission by Healthcare and Residential Facility and Agency Personnel

Vaccination Tools

• Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
• Influenza/Pneumococcal Immunization Consent Form (PDF)
  • Also available in the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Russian, Yiddish, Polish, French, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu
  • Order form for Influenza Immunization Consent form (PDF)

  NYSDOH Notifications and Guidance Documents

  Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

  • Health Advisory: Influenza, Surveillance and Reporting Requirements, 2023-2024 (PDF)

  Bureau of Immunization

  • Requirements for offering flu vaccination to parents and anticipated caregivers of NICU patients and to each admitted person age sixty-five years or older
  • 2023-2024 Influenza Vaccine Supply Determination (PDF)

  Seasonal Influenza Supply and Distribution

  • Supply and Distribution, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • NYSDOH Vaccines for Children Program
  • Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System, National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit
  • Reallocating Influenza Vaccine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Resources

  • Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Ask the Experts - Influenza, Immunization Action Coalition

  Infection Control

  • Infection Control in Health Care Facilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - (CDC)
  • Recommendations for Follow-up of Respiratory Disease Outbreaks of Influenza and Influenza-like Illness in Health Care Facilities - November 16, 2010

  Clinical Guidance

  Surveillance

  Patient Education

  • Influenza Fact Sheet
  • Seasonal Flu Shot, CDC
  • Good Health Habits for Preventing Seasonal Flu, CDC
  • Information for Pregnant Women
    • Pregnant Women & Influenza (Flu), CDC
    • Vaccination of Pregnant Women, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention