Check out the Vaccine Marketplace Now Available in myCAvax!

In order to accelerate the use of vaccine before it expires, providers are now able to share or post interest in state-allocated doses in the myCAvax Vaccine Marketplace! This new feature is open to all providers in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program who are approved in myCAvax, including newly enrolled providers and all other providers, regardless of TPA network enrollment or if they have never received doses.

Requesting or Sharing Vaccine is Easy.

All you need to do is log in to myCAvax, find “Vaccine Marketplace” in the menu and complete the required information.

• Providers who need vaccine can request vaccine doses if they are able to use the doses before expiration.
• Providers with short-dated or excess vaccine can report doses that they will not be able to use. Make sure to report the Beyond Use Date (BUD) which is the last date that a product can be safely used based on vaccine storage or preparation conditions.
• Local Health Departments (LHDs), CDPH, and the TPA will match up providers who have extra vaccine with those who want vaccine based on proximity, product needed, and ability to properly transport and receive vaccine. Providers do not need to contact each other.
• Providers who are not allocated doses by the TPA or LHDs may continue to request doses in the Marketplace as long as vaccine is available in their area.

Note: The Marketplace is not a substitute for reporting of emergency transfers or redistribution of vaccine in myCAvax or vaccine requests. Additionally, a match is not guaranteed.

Tips for Posting in the Marketplace

If you are posting requests for short-dated/excess doses available:

• If you are willing to take any brand, just add a note in your post.
• Also note if you are willing to pick up vaccines, following proper packaging and transport guidance.
• Once you received doses from a post, make sure to 1) close your post, and 2) enter the transferred doses in myCAvax.

If you are posting short-dated/excess doses available:

• Make sure to include product brand, lot number, expiration date, and beyond use date (BUD).
• Do not include vaccine that has been exposed to temperature excursions.
• Note where vaccines are stored now, and if you are willing to transport vaccines.
• You should close excess vaccine post once vaccines have been transferred out.
• If only part of the doses reported are transferred, close the original post and enter a new post with new available amount.

Reminders for Transporting Vaccines

• Follow proper vaccine transport guidance in the Transferring Vaccines job aid
• Report transferred doses in myCAvax.

Expiring Vaccine

In May and June, Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen vaccines are due to expire. CDPH is working closely with local health jurisdictions to rehome vaccine, but due to low demand nationwide, CDC acknowledges that some waste is expected.

To minimize the number of unused expired doses and manage expired doses correctly, please follow this guidance:

• Monitor expiration dates weekly and rotate stock to ensure vaccines soon to expire are used first.
• As expiry nears, check with the manufacturer to see if expiration dates have been extended for your vaccine lots; expiration dates may change as more stability data become available.
• Check your vaccine stock using CDC’s Vaccine Lot Number and Expiration Date webpage. State and local providers can access this tool to quickly identify expiration dates (and any extensions) by brand and lot number. Data is updated daily Mon-Fri.
• If you will not be able to use vaccine before expiration, report the doses to the Vaccine Marketplace well before expiration. This will allow us time to find another home for the vaccine before it expires.
• Remove expired vaccine from the storage unit IMMEDIATELY; do not give staff the opportunity to administer expired vaccine.
• Remember: Providers are responsible for disposing of vaccine waste in accordance with local regulations. Please Do NOT return vaccine in the shippers.
• Dispose of Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen vaccines in a pharmaceutical waste container or a comingled pharmaceutical/Sharps waste container.
• Report nonviable vaccine in myCAvax daily.

Do Not Donate Vaccines

Many of us are asking the question if we can donate vaccines outside the US to support international COVID vaccination efforts. We have asked, and only the federal government can export vaccines abroad and provide the necessary proof that the cold chain has been maintained. COVID-19 vaccines were purchased using federal funds; any decision to export vaccines must come from the federal government.