Do You Know About California Immunization Registry, CAIR?

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY (CAIR)?

The CAIR was created in a collaboration of immunization registries that ensures that there is a secure, electronic exchange of immunization records for supporting the elimination of vaccine preventable diseases.

The goal of CAIR is to improve immunization rates for all California children through an innovative public-private partnership. CAIR is a collaborative effort involving regional immunization registry services, with the support of their local health departments, the California Department of Public Health Immunization Branch, and a spectrum of key stakeholders across the state. CAIR is working to develop an integrated, secure, readily accessible statewide network of computerized immunization information systems to make each child’s full immunization history available to providers and other authorized users, such as schools, foster care, and juvenile detention centers. The system will ensure that users have rapid access to complete and up-to-date immunization records, as well as expert vaccine forecasting. A major objective is to eliminate both missed opportunities to immunize and unnecessary duplicate immunizations.

IT’S YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE IF YOU WANT IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SHARED IN CAIR

Keeping track of shots/TB tests you have received can be hard. It’s especially hard if more than one doctor gave them. Today, doctors use a secure computer system called an immunization registry to keep track of shots and TB tests. If you change doctors, your new doctor can use the registry to see the shot/TB test record. By law, public health officials can also look at the registry in the case of a public health emergency. It’s your right to choose if you want shot/TB test records shared in the California Immunization Registry. This is a personal decision that only you can make.

OPT OUT

If you choose to decline to share your child’s information in the registry, read the Immunization Registry Notice to Patients and Parents, revised 04/03/2019. It is available in several languages. Keep a record of when you submitted it and a copy of the form for yourself. For more information, contact the CAIR Help Desk at 800-578-7889 or CAIRHelpDesk@cdph.ca.gov.

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