It was found that 18 doses of the new coronavirus vaccine stored at a medical institution in Yamaguchi Prefecture were discarded due to a refrigerator failure.
According to the announcement by Yamaguchi Prefecture, a nurse who went to work at a medical institution in the prefecture checked the status of the vaccine stored in the refrigerator at around 8 am on the 22nd, and found that the power supply was stopped for some reason and the inside was at room temperature. It means that it was.
It's been more than 10 years since the refrigerator was purchased, and it contained 18 doses of vaccines used to inoculate the medical staff who work.
I had confirmed that the refrigerator was working normally on the night of the 21st, but the vaccine could not be managed at room temperature for more than 8 hours, so the medical institution discarded the stored vaccine.
The prefecture, which was contacted by medical institutions, issued a document to all vaccinated medical institutions and requested that they be thoroughly managed again.
Kiyoto Murao, Planning Supervisor of the New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Office in Yamaguchi Prefecture, said, "The supply of vaccines has begun, and the expectations of the citizens of the prefecture are high. ..