Village Pharmacy of Hampstead has a waitlist for its leftover doses of vaccine for people who can show up to get a shot on the fly. (Port City Daily/Courtesy of Village Pharmacy)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. A small community pharmacy in Hampstead is making sure it gets every last drop of the vaccine into people’s arms with the help of a waitlist.
Ten doses of vaccine come in one Moderna vial, according to Ashley Rogers, an advanced certified pharmacy technician at Village Pharmacy of Hampstead. Once thawed, the product is only “good” for six hours – but sometimes appointments end up as no-shows, leaving a chance for that valuable vaccine to go unused.