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DALLAS, Tx (WFAA) - Texas COVID-19 vaccine locations are wasting about .06% of all shipped doses, according to state officials.
On Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services released its first report on doses that have been wasted.Â
Health officials say of the 3,164,150 doses shipped across the state, 1,752 have been wasted.
Dallas and Harris counties have received the most vaccines doses among all Texas counties.
There are nine Dallas County locations currently working with the state to provide COVID-19 vaccine shots. They have received 173,325 doses and wasted 88. That comes out to .05%.
The most total wasted vaccines in Dallas County happened at the Children s Medical Center of Dallas. This facility lost 27 of its 20,200 doses (.13%).
There are 16 Harris County locations working with the state to provide COVID-19 vaccine shots. They have received 143,150 doses and wasted 350. That comes out to .25
Reasons vaccines are thrown out include:
Storage refrigerator/freezer too warm
Mechanical failure of the refrigerator/freezer
Broken vials or syringes
Spoiled vaccine (a vaccine that couldn’t be used within the required timeframe)
The Texas Department of State Health Services says it reaches out to providers reporting discarded doses to ensure that they follow proper storage and handling procedures and to allow them to correct any data entry errors.
Expired vaccines
There have been nine total vaccines thrown out due to the doses expiring, all coming from four Texas locations.
Tatum s Brookshires Pharmacy in Rusk County threw out five of its 500 COVID-19 doses (1%) because they expired. That s the most in the state.