B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set

The B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set is aligned to the National Vaccine Catalogue (NVC) dataset which aggregates data from Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Canada Health Infoway. The B.C. catalogue provides a comprehensive list of immunizing agents and vaccine products available provincially, across Canada, and internationally for use in digital health information systems (e.g. Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Clinical Information Systems (CIS), Pharmacy Management Systems (PMS), and the Provincial Immunization Repository (PIR). This includes information about vaccine products, standardized terminology, mapping between manufactured products and Immunizing Agents, and B.C. Product Identification Numbers (PINs) used in PharmaNet.

Scope

The goals and scope for the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set are congruent with the objectives of the NVC and provides a foundation for standardizing immunization records in B.C. to:

• Improve the data quality of immunization records captured in digital systems
• Improve the interoperability of immunization records across Canada
• Facilitate the use of standardized picklists for the collection of vaccine identifiers and product data
• Mapping of SNOMED concept codes (SCT) to Drug Identification Numbers (DIN) and/or B.C Product Identification Numbers (PIN) for publicly funded vaccines if applicable.

The audience for this value set are:

• Electronic Medical Records Systems (EMR),
• Clinical Information Systems (CIS),
• Pharmacy Management Systems (PMS),
• Developers of IT solutions for B.C healthcare systems, and
• Professional health care practitioners.

Governance

B.C. Health Information Standards, such as the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set, are endorsed by ministry executives and developed in consultation with program areas, subject matter experts, and advisory reference groups that include representation at the provincial and pan-Canadian level.

Current Status

The current version of the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set, and associated document materials are available for download. For any inquiries, please email the Health Information Standards team at 

• HLTH.HISSupport@gov.bc.ca.

Maintenance

Ensuring alignment and maintenance of the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Value Set to future releases of the NVC is the responsibility of the Health Information Standards team at the B.C. Ministry of Health.

The NVC is a publicly accessible information repository of all vaccines authorized for use in Canada and is maintained by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Download

B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue links:

1. Download the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue Data Dictionary v1.5 (PDF, 281KB).
2. Download the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue v1.14 (XLSX, 161KB).
3. Download the B.C. Immunizing Agents and Vaccine Catalogue CSV Files v1.14 (ZIP, 61KB).

National Vaccine Catalogue links:

1. Browse the National Canadian Vaccine Catalogue.
2. Download the National Vaccine Catalogue file.