Each vial of COVID-19 vaccine can contain between 5 and 10 doses. Once a vial is opened, it must be used by a certain time or be thrown away. A county spokesman said officials have had to scramble on rare occasions when extra doses would have gone to waste, and have vaccinated officers with the San Diego and Chula Vista police departments.
“It’s a learning process,” Evans acknowledged.
The Sharp HealthCare CEO was working on Monday at a new East County vaccination super station that is set to open Tuesday in an old Charlotte Russe store in Grossmont Center in La Mesa. He said they’re working on ways to make sure every dose is used and never wasted.