Acronyms
What "CIR" stands for.
What is the Citywide Immunization Registry?
I think I found a false merge! After checking CAT, I'll head to this application.
What is MCI?
You have to be from here, or vaccinated here, in order to get the Excelsior Pass.
What is New York State?
The first COVID vaccine administered in the United States was given in this month and year.
What is December 2020?
The number of counties in NYC.
What is 5?
What "MVR" stands for.
What is My Vaccine Record?
I'll go here to look up the facility code that goes with a particular address.
What is the Facility Editor?
You have to enter information from this dose in order to access your Pass.
What is 2nd?
In July 2022, Novavax was issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in the US, meant to replace this other non-mRNA COVID vaccine.
What is J&J/Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine?
Manhattan is it's own county, but it isn't called Manhattan; instead, it is named this.
What is New York County?
What "CAT" stands for.
What is the CIR Administration Tool?
I updated the patient's phone number, but they're still seeing the old number 2 days later. I better ask the team leads to check this.
What is NYSIIS?
The Excelsior Pass gets data from these two systems - for patients in NYC and NY State, respectively.
What are CIR and NYSIIS?
In June 2022, this vaccine was approved by the FDA to be administered to children 6 months to 6 years.
What is Moderna?
The names of each of NYC's five boroughs.
What are Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island?
What "NYSIIS" stands for.
What is the New York State Immunization Information System?
I only have a phone number to go off of; I should check this box/option in CAT to see if I can find the record.
What is CIR search?
The Excelsior Pass looks at the county where this is registered in order to determine the location of a person's dose.
What is facility/facility code?
The FDA-approved version of this vaccine brand is known as "Comirnaty"
What is Pfizer?
Brooklyn is it's own county, but it isn't called Brooklyn; instead, it is named this.
What is King's County?
What "MCI" stands for.
What is the Master Child Index?
I'm not finding the patient's record in CAT so far...I should try checking this box/option to see if it brings up any better search results.
What is Reverse Name Search?
Before the Excelsior Pass PLUS came out, this was NOT required to be in the patient's record in order for them to retrieve their Pass.
What is contact information (phone/email)?
In June 2022, the Pfizer vaccine approval was expanded to include this age range.
What is 6 months-5 years?
Staten Island is it's own county, but it isn't called Staten Island; instead, it is named this.
What is Richmond County?