Abstract
In 2009, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene delivered influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (pH1N1) vaccine to health care providers, who were required to report all administered doses to the Citywide Immunization Registry. Using data from this registry and a provider survey, we estimated the number of all pH1N1 vaccine doses administered. Of 2.8 million doses distributed during October 1, 2009–March 4, 2010, a total of 988,298 doses were administered and reported; another 172,289 doses were administered but not reported, for a total of 1,160,587 doses administered during this period. Reported doses represented an estimated 80%–85% of actual doses administered. Reporting by a wide range of provider types was feasible during a pandemic. Pediatric-care providers had the highest reporting rate (93%). Other private-care providers who routinely did not report vaccinations indicated that they had few, if any, problems, thereby suggesting that mandatory reporting of all vaccines would be feasible.
Highlights
In April 2009, a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus ( called influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 [pH1N1]) was detected in the United States [1]
In New York City (NYC), all vaccine doses administered to persons
Those provider types that previously had been required to report to the CIR reported a larger proportion of the pH1N1 vaccine doses received; 53%, 46%, and 43% of total doses received by the Health and Hospitals Corporation, private pediatric-care providers, and federally qualified health centers, respectively, were reported
Summary
Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, Vikki Papadouka, Mark Misener, Edward Wake, Rebecca Mandell, and Jane R. In 2009, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene delivered influenza A(H1N1)pdm (pH1N1) vaccine to health care providers, who were required to report all administered doses to the Citywide Immunization Registry. Reporting to the CIR varied by provider type (Table 1) Those provider types that previously had been required to report to the CIR reported a larger proportion of the pH1N1 vaccine doses received; 53%, 46%, and 43% of total doses received by the Health and Hospitals Corporation (the NYC public hospital system), private pediatric-care providers, and federally qualified health centers, respectively, were reported. The survey included questions about the quality of communications received from DOHMH and about providers’ experiences using the CIR
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