Health Professionals Flu Campaign
Influenza or "flu" is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by a virus. It can cause serious illness and even death. Your best defence is to get your flu shot every year.
Influenza or "flu" is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by a virus. It can cause serious illness and even death. Your best defence is to get your flu shot every year.
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Storage and handling rules, and recipes for packing.
Tip sheet for administering adult subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.
Order your onewrites from HealthBC Printing Services (VCH login required)
Onewrite for public form #VCH.0823.pdf
Onewrite for staff form #VCH.0751.pdf
Onewrite version for VCH Workplace Health Staff - order by contacting fluprevention@vch.ca
Quick Reference Guide for clinicians regarding the flu updates for 2022-2023.
Frequently asked questions from the public for the 2020-2021 campaign.
Unchanged from 2017-2018 season.
Evidence-based immunization information and tools for B.C. residents.
For immunizers with no influenza campaign experience and for experienced staff needing a refresher
VCH influenza education sessions have now been posted on LearningHub.
As per last year, you no longer need to request an entire season allocation of influenza vaccine.
Offices that have received influenza vaccine in previous years will automatically be allotted an initial 'start up' supply based on prior orders. New offices interested in offering influenza vaccine to your patients will need to contact VCH Communicable Disease Control at (604) 675-3900 in order to get registered.
Following the initial distribution, please place vaccine requests based on current demand in your office rather than prior experience. To assist you in placing a vaccine request by practice, a group practice or office ID # will be created by VCH and issued under the business office name or lead physician.
Vaccine Request Forms will be created that are unique to your location. These will be provided to you when you stop by to pick up the initial vaccine 'start up' amount. Please keep copies for the duration of the influenza season. If you lose this template form, please do call your local community health centre to request a new form for your office.
Please bring adequate cold chain supplies (hard sided coolers, water blankets, and ice packs) when coming to pick up vaccine. Transport material will not be available at the local Community Health Centres and vaccine cannot be released without the recommended cold chain materials.
Contains the latest practice-related information for general practitioners and nurse practitioners across the Vancouver health region.
Quick Reference Guide for clinicians regarding the flu updates for 2020-2021.
Contain the latest practice-related information for pharmacists who immunize within the VCH region.
Quick Reference Guide for clinicians regarding the flu updates for 2022-2023.
15 Nov, 2022
How to manage viral respiratory illness (VRI) in your facility. Organized by sections beneath individual file links.
29 Sep, 2022
Education update for Influenza season 2022-2023.
29 Sep, 2022
23 Sep, 2022
Frequently asked questions from the public for the 2022-2023 campaign
23 Sep, 2022
23 Sep, 2022
Updated August 2022
23 Sep, 2022
Respiratory follow-up guide for non health care settings
10 Jun, 2022
Influenza Education Requirements for Nurses Who Have Completed COVID-19 Vaccine Education
09 Nov, 2021
Flu Campaign Documentation Standards
22 Oct, 2021
Flu clinics offered in Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
20 Oct, 2021
Guidelines to support delivery of immunizations in mass clinic settings in the community (eg, schools, flu, Covid-19 vaccination clinics in schools, community centres).
11 Oct, 2021
Order your site's needs directly from HSSBC print services: Public Form Number VCH.0704; Staff form VCH.0751.
07 Oct, 2021
Influenza Clinic Signatures Record 2021-2022
07 Oct, 2021
Screening checklist for inactivated and live influenza vaccines
30 Sep, 2021
Information from HealthLink BC
25 Sep, 2021
Information from HealthLink BC
25 Sep, 2021
04 Jan, 2021
Contain the latest practice-related information for pharmacists who immunize within the VCH region.
06 Nov, 2020
You will need access to MyVCH to view the bulletins.
30 Nov, 2018
Storage and handling rules, and recipes for packing.
01 Sep, 2018
Posters about BC's flu policy for long-term care facilities.
01 Sep, 2018
02 Oct, 2017
30 Sep, 2015
Pandemic flu occurs only 2 or 3 times a century, but we have never been as well prepared.
01 Jan, 2015
03 Oct, 2014
Tip sheet for administering adult subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.
01 Jan, 2013
From HSDA Planning Workshops
01 Jan, 2010
The pandemic is over but the H1N1 virus will continue to circulate for years to come.
31 Oct, 2009
31 May, 2005
Help fight the flu and stop the spread of germs.
For more information for the public, including who can get the free shot and where, see Get Flu Protection.
We monitor communicable diseases, investigate outbreaks, and distribute vaccines across the region.