"Dryden said a pharmacy employee told her the doses were supposed to go to a long-term care facility.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Walgreens said each facility is responsible for requesting the number of doses needed to vaccinate residents and care staff and that, in an "isolated situation," a facility ordered more doses than they needed.
The Pfizer vaccine can only remain at refrigerated temperatures for five days. Before the vaccine could expire, the company reallocated some of those doses to other care facilities and the rest were offered to local first responders, pharmacy employees and residents, like Dryden.
"These measures were taken to ensure every dose of a limited vaccine supply was used to protect patients and communities,"
the company said."
https://www.ketv.com/article/at-risk-of-expiring-this-pharmacy-gave-its-surplus-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-general-public/35090064#
In a statement, a spokesperson for Walgreens said each facility is responsible for requesting the number of doses needed to vaccinate residents and care staff and that, in an "isolated situation," a facility ordered more doses than they needed.
The Pfizer vaccine can only remain at refrigerated temperatures for five days. Before the vaccine could expire, the company reallocated some of those doses to other care facilities and the rest were offered to local first responders, pharmacy employees and residents, like Dryden.
"These measures were taken to ensure every dose of a limited vaccine supply was used to protect patients and communities,"
the company said."
https://www.ketv.com/article/at-risk-of-expiring-this-pharmacy-gave-its-surplus-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-general-public/35090064#