Vaccine Storage

Minnesota clinic warns patients of faulty vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 7th, 2002

Freezing temperatures may have ruined thousands of doses of vaccines, meaning patients may need new injections, but the clinic that gave the shots said no one was in danger.

About 3400 people, half of them children, received the questionable vaccines from Park Nicollet Clinic in the Minneapolis metropolitan area. The vaccines included polio booster shots, hepatitis A and B shots and Prevnar, a vaccine for infants and toddlers.

There have been no signs of illness so far among the patients, though some probably weren't protected against disease, said Dr. Hal Martin, medical director of Park Nicollet's travel clinic.

The patients...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-08-07)

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