Wasted vaccines may not be surprising, given challenges of storage The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require temperature and time limits in order to keep the product viable. An OSU pharmacist says human error shouldn't be unexpected. Author: Brittany Bailey Updated: 6:54 PM EST January 21, 2021 Ohio’s vaccination rollout effort was dealt a blow this week with news that hundreds of doses were wasted before they reached people’s arms. The Ohio Dept. of Health suspended SpecialtyRX after learning 890 Moderna doses were lost because of improper monitoring of the storage temperatures. The provider, which is not a part of the federal Long-Term Care Pharmacy Partnership program was given 1,500 doses to vaccinate residents at several long-term care facilities, none of which are in central Ohio.