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District to Discard 6K Doses of H1N1 Vaccine
posted 11/03/09
11:56 am
The Stroudsburg Area School District must dispose of the doses after discovering the refrigeration units holding the vaccine were 4 degrees below the permitted range.
Health department officials told the district to get rid of the vaccine on Monday. Department spokeswoman Stacy Kriedeman says the vaccine isn't viable if it's not kept at the proper temperature.
Health officials say the vaccine must be stored at a temperature between 35 and 46 degrees. The nursing office refrigerators holding Stroudsburg's doses were kept at 31 degrees.
Kriedeman says the health department will try to replace the doses as more vaccine becomes available.
Information from: Pocono Record, http://www.poconorecord.com/
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Latest Comments on "District to Discard 6K Doses of H1N1 Vaccine"
posted by: centralPAmom on 2:34 pm on 11/03/09
This makes me so mad. My pediatrician's office can't get enough doses for their patients yet schools that don't know how to handle the vaccine have no problem getting as much as they need. What a waste.
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