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Staff are understood to have discovered the issue when they checked the fridge temperature early in the morning of January 8.
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Vaccine supplies were diverted to the hall so that all patients who were due to receive their first dose at the site could still do so despite the error, Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said.
A CCG spokesman said: “Following a power-related issue with the fridge at a vaccination service site, a number of Pfizer vaccine vials were compromised as a result of not being stored at the required temperature overnight, which meant staff were unable to administer that batch of vaccines.
Up to 450 doses of the Pfizer jab have been wasted after a fridge was accidentally switched off overnight at a vaccination centre.
The vaccinations had to be binned after the power-related issue with a fridge at Montgomery Hall in Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, last month.
Ninety vials of the vaccine, each containing up to five doses, were wasted after the fridge was turned off by mistake, the Press Association reported.
It comes as Matt Hancock today claimed he pushed the Government into the massive order for 100million doses of Oxford University s Covid vaccine instead of the originally planned 30million, saying he refused to settle for less .
Hundreds of coronavirus vaccines went to waste after a fridge was accidentally turned off in a vaccination centre, the PA news agency understands.
Around 450 doses of the Pfizer jab had to be binned following a “power-related issue” with a fridge at Montgomery Hall in Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, last month.
Ninety vials of the vaccine – each containing up to five doses – were wasted when the fridge was inadvertently switched off overnight at the venue, sources confirmed.
Staff are understood to have discovered the issue when they checked the fridge temperature early in the morning of January 8.
Vaccine supplies were diverted to the hall so that all patients who were due to receive their first dose at the site could still do so despite the error, Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said.