
Welcome Power of Providers (POP) Members!
Thank you for joining us, and thousands of other providers across the state of Washington, in encouraging COVID-19 vaccination and working to reduce COVID-19 transmission, severe illness and death.
Save this page and check back regularly for new resources and updated materials, the latest news on COVID-19 vaccines, and upcoming industry meetings and events. Learn more about POP.
We encourage POP members to talk to each of their patients using the SAVE intervention:
SEEK: Seek your patients' COVID-19 vaccination status.
ASK/EDUCATE: If your patient isn't vaccinated, ask them about the vaccine and offer education if they're unsure.
VACCINATE: If your patient agrees to vaccination, provide them with a COVID-19 vaccine or a referral to a location that provides COVID-19 vaccination.
EMPOWER: Empower your patients to share their vaccination status with the community.
Please use this flyer to share information about POP with your colleagues! (PDF)
September 12, 2023 - Following FDA regulatory action, the CDC has recommended updated 2023-2024 mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older that target the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines are no longer authorized or available in the United States. The new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations are as follows:
- Children 6 months – 4 years old who are unvaccinated are recommended to receive 3 doses of the updated mRNA Pfizer or 2 doses of the updated mRNA Moderna.
- Children 6 months – 4 years old who were previously vaccinated are recommended to receive 1 or 2 doses of an updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (timing and number of doses to administer depends on the previous COVID-19 vaccine received).
- Anyone 5 years old and older regardless of previous vaccination are recommended to receive 1 dose of an updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at least 2 months since the last dose of any COVID-19 vaccine.
The Washington State Department of Health is currently reviewing and updating our webpages and supporting resources to reflect these new recommendations.
In the News
- FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants
- CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season
- Prepare Now for Emergencies in the Fall and Winter
- CDC Update on SARS CoV-2 Variant BA.2.86
- DOH Dashboards Highlight Statewide COVID and Flu Vaccination Data
- FDA Approves New Drug to Prevent RSV in Babies and Toddlers
POP Provider Spotlight

Jazel and Wilbur Bautista own an independent pharmacy in Tacoma. Jazel is a pharmacist (RPh), and Wilbur is a medical technologist (MT ASCP). They share their best practices for promoting COVID-19 vaccines with patients and partnering in their community.
“We promote routine vaccinations, including COVID, as part of our workflow. When a patient comes to pick up a prescription or get a vaccination, we check their profile to see if they need additional vaccines. We identify this need for the patient and recommend the vaccine right there. Most of the time, the patients receive the recommended vaccines before they leave.
We hang flyers outside our building and send them to our partners in the community. We promote COVID vaccines on our website and submit current vaccine inventory to Washington’s vaccine locator. Sometimes a person may not be convinced, and we must ask someone else on our team to explain things better. It’s really a community effort, a team effort.
To build relationships of trust and cooperation, we started with our existing network and then our cooperative partnerships grew. During the pandemic, we created partnerships with our church, our homeowners’ association, our existing patients and their family members, other local health care providers, and our local health department. When our local health department asks us to assist, with adult family homes without federal contracts or with schools who need help with vaccinations, we step in.
Our intention is to be helpful and go where we’re needed. We try to do what we can. Now we’re collaborating with the health department for the Childhood Vaccine program and the Adult Vaccine program. We are partnering with schools again to offer routine vaccines.
Success comes when you go where you’re needed with a willingness to help, share your resources, and be open about what you need. The respect and care we have for people and the intention to help… we want to be partners. If you're authentic in caring for the community, they will see it. If it's genuine, they will see that.”
We appreciate Jazel and Wilbur for taking a moment to share such great wisdom with us!
Events
- September 19: COVID-19, Flu, and RSV: How the ‘Tripledemic’ Impacts Your Practice
- September 19: Preparing for the Upcoming Respiratory Virus Season: Recommendations for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Vaccines for Older Adults (Free CE credits available)
- September 21: Culturally Driven Strategies: Tailoring Health Communications to Build Understanding and Trust
- September 21: Storage and Handling Requirements for COVID-19 Vaccine
- September 26: The Secret Sauce for Cross-Sector Collaboration
- September 26: Vaccinating for Respiratory Season. Breathe Easy
- October 12: Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program- Monthly Session
- October 16: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: Lessons from Motivational Interviewing
- November 8: MI Learning Group: Offering Information and Recommendations
- Monthly: COVID-19 Vaccine Partner Calls
- Weekly: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MWR) Podcasts (CDC)
Peer-to-Peer Learning Webinars
Visit our webinars page to register and learn more about upcoming webinars and continuing education credits. Recordings of past POP webinars are also available.
Resources
Health care providers in Washington now have access to the Department of Health’s POP Shop, an ordering system for free materials to promote COVID-19 vaccination. The POP Shop allows you and your staff to order posters, stickers in multiple languages, informational brochures and flyers, discussion guides, and much more.
Resources to Share with Patients
You can access patient materials in more than 50 languages on the Resources and Recommendations page. Spanish-speaking healthcare providers can also access information in Spanish on our POP en Español page.
- General Public
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Available Services
- Care-a-Van Mobile Vaccination Clinics
- COVID-19 Test to Treat Locator (ASPR)
- Have You Just Tested Positive for COVID-19? (PDF)
- Free Telehealth Appointments for COVID-19 Treatment
Toolkits and Social Media Resources
- Toolkit: Fall 2023 Vaccination Promotion
- COVID-19 Telehealth Toolkit
- We Can Do This Campaign (APHA)
- Vaccine Resource Hub (Partnering for Vaccine Equity)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Toolkit
- COVID-19 Social Media Toolkit (Made to Save)
- Misinformation Digital Toolkit (Made to Save)
- Toolkit: FDA Approval (PHCC)
Posters and Handouts
- Websites
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- What the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means for You (Public Health Good News)
- VIRA the Vaccine Information Resource Assistant (Johns Hopkins)
- The Vaccine Quest (Voices for Vaccines)
- Coronavirus Resource Center (Harvard Medical School)
- COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide (NAMI)
- Stay Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions
- Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- Possible Side Effects After Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine (CDC)
- Long COVID
- Long COVID: What We Know (NIHCM)
- Before, During, and After Pregnancy
- Children and Youth
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- COVID-19 Vaccines: Pediatric Provider Toolkit (PDF)
- Childhood Vaccine Campaign Toolkit
- Social Media Toolkit: COVID-19 Vaccines for Children/Teens (CDC)
- Immunity Community's Parent Videos (WithinReach)
- Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness for Children and Adolescents (PDF)
- Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines: The Facts Are in the Stats (PDF)
- Vaccinating Youth
- Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines: What Parents/Guardians Should Know (PDF)
- Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination: What Parents and Young Adults Should Know (PDF)
- Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs: COVID-19 Vaccine Information (PDF)
- Immunocompromised People and Others with Special Needs
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- People Who Are Immunocompromised: Know How to Protect Yourself and What to Do if You Get Sick (CDC)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Reference Guide for All Who Are Immunocompromised (PDF)
- Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs: COVID-19 Vaccine Information (PDF)
- Homebound and Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? (PDF)
- Easy to Read COVID-19 Materials (CDC)
Resources for Providers and Staff
Communication Resources
- General Public
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Toolkits and Social Media Resources
- Discussion Guides
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- Communications Tool: Building Bridges (PHCC)
- Building Confidence in COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines (PDF)
- Building Confidence in the COVID-19 Novavax Vaccine (PDF)
- 3-5-3 Method for COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations (PDF) (CDPH)
- Guidelines for Dialogue: Talking to the General Public About COVID-19 (PDF) (PAHO)
- Guidelines for a Vaccine Conversation: The TEO Method (PDF) (Made to Save)
- #HowIRecommend Video Series (CDC)
- Trauma-informed Vaccine Conversations (YouTube)
- COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series Part 1: Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patients (WSMA, CME credit available)
- Other Vaccine Communication Resources
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- End of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) Cost Summary Chart (NRC-RIM)
- End of the Public Health Emergency: Resources for Organizations and Communities (NRC-RIM)
- Talking with Patients about COVID-19 Vaccination: An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals (CDC)
- Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- Standards for Practice Vaccine Recommendations (CDC)
- Vaccine Messaging Guide (PDF) (UNICEF)
- Reminder and Recall Strategies (AAP)
- Before, During, and After Pregnancy
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- Pregnancy and COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit (PDF)
- Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Before, During and After Pregnancy (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccines and Reproductive Health: Talking Points for Medical Providers (PDF)
- Guidelines for Dialogue: Vaccination During Pregnancy (PDF) (PAHO)
- COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding (CDC)
- Children and Youth
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- COVID-19 Vaccines: Pediatric Provider Toolkit (PDF)
- Childhood Vaccine Campaign Toolkit
- Resources to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines for Children & Teens (CDC)
- Building Parental/Guardian Confidence in COVID- 19 Vaccination (PDF)
- Talking with Parents about Vaccines for Infants (CDC)
- Boosting Public Discourse: Reframing Childhood Immunization (Frameworks Institute)
- Reframing the Conversation about Child and Adolescent Vaccinations (Frameworks Institute)
- Building Family Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine: Framing Strategies for School Nurses (Frameworks Institute)
Clinical Information
- Standing Orders Templates
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Notice: Effective May 11, 2023, the signed state standing orders are no longer valid for use and have been removed from this page. We have replaced them with unsigned standing orders, for use as templates.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standing orders template for:
- Other Clinical Information
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Printable Resources
- Checklist of Current Versions of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance and Clinic Support Tools (PDF)
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings Toolkit (PDF)
- Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration (PDF)
- HHS Commercialization Transition Guide (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Management Plan (PDF)
- COVID-19 Print Resources (CDC)
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets (FDA)
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets (FDA)
- Novavax Storage and Handling (PDF) (CDC)
- COVID-19 New Vaccine Coordinator Training Checklist (PDF)
- Vaccinating Adults: A Step-by-Step Guide (Immunize.org)
- Websites
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- PASC Guidance (AAPM&R)
- Vaccinating Youth
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (CDC)
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (CDC)
- Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States: Interim Clinical Considerations (CDC)
- About the COVID-19 Vaccines Clinical Information for COVID-19 Vaccine Providers
- COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance (CDC)
- Other (Non-Clinical) Information
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Resources for Stress and Burnout
- How Right Now: Finding What Helps (CDC)
- Provider Self-Care Toolkit (VA)
- Addressing Health Worker Burnout — The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce (HHS)
- Suicide Prevention: Evidence-Informed Interventions for the Health Care Workforce (AHA)
- Organizational Evidence-Based and Promising Practices for Improving Clinician Well-Being (NAM)
- Stress First Aid (SFA) for Health Care Workers (VA)
- Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice of Psychological First Aid- A Course for Supervisors and Leaders (NACCHO)
- Training Videos and Webinar Recordings
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- Strategies to Increase Immunization Rates
- Staying Informed: Understanding Local Impacts of the Public Health Emergency Ending (YouTube)
- How to Support Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities Before and After the End of the Public Health Emergency
- School and Child Care Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Providers (CE credit available through 6/7/2024)
- Talking to Your Friends and Family about the COVID-19 Vaccines E-Course (Made to Save)
- An Approach to Patients Who Have Not Gotten the COVID-19 Vaccine (Postgraduate Institute for Medicine Webinar)
- Immunity Community E-courses (WithinReach)
- Strengthening Vaccine Confidence: Refreshing Our Conversations About Child and Adolescent Vaccinations (AIM)
- COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series Parts 1 & 2: Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patients, How to Embed them into Routine Preventive Care (WSMA, CME credit available)
- Administering COVID-19 Vaccines in the Office Setting: The Power of Nurses and Medical Assistants (YouTube)
- COCA Calls/Webinars (CDC, CME credit available)
- Trauma-informed Vaccine Conversations (YouTube)
- Childhood Vaccine Program Training
- You Call the Shots (CDC, CE available)
- Public Health Communication Webinars (PHCC)
- Continuing Education Credits Available
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- School and Child Care Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Providers (CE credit available through 6/7/2024)
- COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series Parts 1 & 2: Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patients, How to Embed them into Routine Preventive Care (WSMA, CME credit available)
- COCA Calls/Webinars (CDC, CME credit available)
- You Call the Shots (CDC, CE available)
- Non-Credit Training Options
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General Public
- Strategies to Increase Immunization Rates
- Staying Informed: Understanding Local Impacts of the Public Health Emergency Ending (YouTube)
- How to Support Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities Before and After the End of the Public Health Emergency
- Talking to Your Friends and Family about the COVID-19 Vaccines E-Course (Made to Save)
- An Approach to Patients Who Have Not Gotten the COVID-19 Vaccine (Postgraduate Institute for Medicine Webinar)
- Immunity Community E-courses (WithinReach)
- Administering COVID-19 Vaccines in the Office Setting: The Power of Nurses and Medical Assistants (YouTube)
- Trauma-informed Vaccine Conversations (YouTube)
- Public Health Communication Webinars (PHCC)
- Children and Youth
For more information go to our COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Healthcare Providers web page.
Please email questions to powerofproviders@doh.wa.gov.
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