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On Tuesday, it started offering the shots to its hospitalized patients. Several factors led to the decision, especially having access to the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, said Dr. Christopher Newman, chief medical officer of the system that includes Mary Washington Hospital and Stafford Hospital. The move also is part of the health care system’s goal to protect people most vulnerable to the virus and “those in a hospital for any reason are at higher risk,” Newman said. Vaccines will be given to patients before they go home. Those age 18 and over who have been admitted to the hospital are eligible, not people who’ve had outpatient procedures or come through the emergency room. There’s not enough of the one-dose vaccine available at this point, said Newman, who estimated about 20 patients a day would be vaccinated.

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