The Rhode Island Immunization Program works with Community Health Centers to utilize vaccine companies’ patient assistance programs to secure vaccines for uninsured adults.
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), in conjunction with its Flu Task Force, modified regulations pertaining to health care worker (HCW) immunization requirements to require annual flu vaccination.
The Rhode Island Immunization Program runs a program called “Vaccinate Before You Graduate” that offers all routinely recommended and required immunizations at no out-of-pocket cost to students in middle school and high school through onsite clinics at participating schools.
In Rhode Island, the program maintains a partnership with the hospitals and utilizes VFC site visits to provide hospitals with updated information on policies and procedures regarding vaccine storage, handling, and administration. The unique feature of the site visits are…
Conducting VFC site visits annually, instead of every-other-year as required, helps the RI program build a stronger partnership with VFC practices. The “off-year” visits are conducted during the year that a VFC comprehensive visit is not done. The off-year visit…