Posted on 01/22/2021 6:54:49 AM PST by george76
Nearly 2000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine were spoiled at a Boston-area VA facility after a cleaning contractor accidentally loosened a plug for a freezer, according to a report.
The shots were discovered by staff at the VA Boston Pharmacy on Tuesday. At least 1,900 doses were compromised, Kyle Toto, a spokesman for the VA Boston Healthcare System, told the Boston Globe.
“The plug was found loose after a contractor accidentally removed it while cleaning,” Toto said.
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — as well as doses developed by rival Pfizer-BioNTech — must be stored at very low temperatures, between negative 13 and negative 5 degrees Fahrenheit. In order to maintain this temperature, storage facilities at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center were equipped with alarms intended to trigger if the doses get too warm or too cold, though they did not sound when the freezer was unplugged.
Toto said he wasn’t sure why the alarm did not go off.
“An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident and why the monitoring and alarm system did not work as expected,” he said.
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There seem to be too many “accidents”...looks like coordinated sabotage by those whose new normal is pandemic paranoia.
They can’t imagine life without fear.
No malice necessary, only newsworthy because it’s Covid.
This happened at my veterinary practice years ago. We found the mini fridge unplugged in the morning after someone had been in to wax the floors. Thousands of dollars in vaccines spoiled. Fortunately, insurance covered the loss in that case.
When interrogating the cleaner, all he could say is “No habla engles “.
There went my family’s dose. Darn! Well...we did fine without then up to this point, we will do fine in the future. No worries!
In my younger days, I used to work in the Custodial Sciences/Janitorial Arts field.
I suspect the freezer was unplugged in honor of a vacuum, floor polisher, or some such thing.
IF alarm relied on same power source-—How could it ‘go off’???
Battery backup
The lab, pharmacy, and morgue refrigerators are all monitored with two sensors (wet bulb and dry bulb) by computer in the physical plant where I work. The alarm systems are powered separately, and would send a signal to the 24/7 plant operator if it were properly installed and monitored.
IOW, I think somebody is off to the spanking room.
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