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Vaccines for Children Program: Vulnerabilities in Vaccine Management

Categories: Children,Health/Medical

http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-04-10-00430.pdf

Reports on a survey of Vaccines for Children providers which found that vaccines stored by 76% of the 45 surveyed providers were exposed to inappropriate temperatures for at least 5 cumulative hours during the two week study period.   Other management problems were also uncovered.  From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services