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Tuesday 20 May 2014
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Kids injected with dud vaccine The district health board has apologised after 87 children were injected with a dud vaccine which had been exposed to cold temperatures, rending it ineffective. Vaccines should be stored at temperatures between two and eight degrees but some were stored in a chilly bin that went below zero on a journey to the schools, says Nelson Marlborough medical officer of health,
Dr Ed Kiddle. “This was identified when the full temperature data was able to be downloaded from the data loggers on return to the hospital base. “We have contacted parents and apologised for this incident and based on external expert advice, recommended revaccination to ensure the children have received the appropriate levels of immunisation
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andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz protection.” The school-based programme was temporarily put on hold while the incidents were investigated and solutions were intro-
duced to stop it happening again. He says the children were not exposed to any risks from the dud vaccines. The DHB has now introduced laptops and software, so information about the temperature can be seen before the vaccinations begin. The vaccines were an HPV (to prevent cervical cancer), booster for diptheria, tetanus and pertussis.
Husband and wife Shannon and Amy Mcilroy have both been selected in the New Zealand lawn bowls squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photo: Phillip Rollo.
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