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email article What do you do when your COVID-19 vaccine clinic is 20 minutes from closing, only six people showed up for the day s last appointment, and you just opened a 10-dose Moderna vial? Reports suggest that many clinics dump their leftover doses in the trash. But some facilities have found solutions to minimize vaccine waste. Relying on constant communication, flexible planning, and a focused workforce including diligent volunteers, they said they have found takers for nearly all the thousands of doses they have prepared since vaccinations began last month. So far this has been not a hard problem to solve, said Dora Anne Mills, MD, who is coordinating the 11-hospital MaineHealth system s vaccination sites. It s really about planning and keeping an eye on things.

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