A total of 680 flu and covid-19 vaccines failed at the Lambaré General Hospital due to the negligence of the staff, who did not clean the storage refrigerators. The complaint was filed with the PAI, which is investigating the terrible oversight according to its director, Dr. Héctor Castro.
April 29, 2022 – 13:26
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In a document dated April 9 by the Luisa Ramírez, district chief of the Expanded Program on Immunizations (PAI), recounts what happened in the Lambare General Hospital, where for the negligence of the personal responsible for the storage of the biologicalthey failed 680 vaccinations; 160 dosis Coronavac against him coronavirus y 520 vaccines pediatric against influenza.
As reported in the note sent to the XI Sanitary Region, in charge of Doctor Roque Silva, in the aforementioned hospital there is two storage equipment of biological, that is, refrigerators. Both, at the time of an inspection, were with frosts by lack of cleanliness.
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According to the account given in the report, at the moment in which it became known what was happening, the check of the bottles And later separation of those who presented color changes due to exposure to processes of freezing.
“It was found that the staff in charge does not comply with the basic outlines to guarantee the transportthe storage y conservation of biologicals within the ideal temperature range for each vaccine”, says part of the document.
The report goes on to allege that “the situation of frost formation within a cold equipment constitute a lack of preventative cleaningdetailed as the main measure to guarantee the proper functioning and prolong the useful life of the equipment”.
Some 5,000 vaccines were stored
In a summary of the amount of vaccines that were stored in both teams, it is detailed that they had 5,017 doses of various platforms against covid-19, as well as biological antigripalesboth for adults and children.
More precisely, they were stored 1.200 Coronavac; 180 Pfizer for adult; 1.340 Pfizer pediatric and 267 Sinopharm.
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Also, there was also 1920 anti-influenza for children y 110 antigripales for adults.
After inspection of each jar, they finally separated from the group 160 dosis Coronavac y 520 flu doses for children.
The thermometers indicated temperatures higher than the established by delineation; All this shows that no physical count of the biologicals was carried out,” the document signed by Ms. Ramírez also indicates.
Public Health says it is investigating
About the painful neglect, the Doctor Hector Castrodirector of Expanded Program on Immunizations (PAI), assured ABC that the Ministry of Public Health (MSPBS)it is investigating.
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“We are investigating with all the components of the process. The technical team (of the PAI) is working on it,” assured Castro.
When asked if those responsible had already been removed from their positions, the director of the PAI replied that “we still have not closed the report Of the investigation”.
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