Lawrence Medical Hospital to receive 600 replacement vaccines next week
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and last updated 2021-03-12 13:46:44-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â After Lawrence Memorial Hospital had to toss 570 Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week due to a transfer error, the hospital will receive 600 replacement doses next week.
In an interview with 41 Action News Rebecca Smith, Executive Director of the LMH Health Foundation, said LMH will receive the vaccines from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. We have learned today the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has notified Douglas County that they will send 600 replacement Johnson & Johnson doses for next week, Smith said. So we are very, very grateful for their understanding and assistance here and we will work with our partners and unified command to make sure we can vaccinate as many eligible people as possible.
Error forces Kansas hospital to throw out 570 vaccines doses
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNAMarch 12, 2021 GMT
MISSION, Kan. (AP) A Kansas hospital had to throw away 570 doses of a coronavirus vaccine because of a refrigeration mistake, officials say.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital said in a news release that city and county health officials transferred the doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the hospital on Wednesday. The hospital then put them in a freezer, not realizing they were thawed. Confusion arose because most doses are shipped frozen, but the health department had received this batch in a refrigerated state.
The hospital reached out to Johnson & Johnson for guidance and was instructed that the doses would have to be discarded.