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RCS Spoils 1,000 COVID Vaccinations Feb 27, 2021 at 09:40 am by WGNS
(MURFREESBORO) Rutherford County Schools received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine this past Thursday (2/25/2021) for an upcoming employee clinic, but the school district must dispose of those vaccines after a storage error was discovered.
The doses needed for the vaccination clinic were then moved to a refrigerator and the staff used the supplied digital data logger to monitor the temperature. Friday morning, the digital data logger initially showed the temperature was correct, but then later gave an error code.
Upon checking with the Tennessee Department of Health about the error code, the health services department learned it was not supposed to store any of the doses in that particular freezer because it was not an approved model and the temperature had not been under constant monitoring.
Rutherford County Schools wasted 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines intended for employees after a storage error.
The school district received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine on Thursday for a vaccine clinic on Saturday but the district had to dispose of the vaccines after incorrectly storing the vaccines, according to a press release from the district Friday afternoon.
The school district’s health services department initially stored the vaccines in a freezer Thursday, but the doses were then moved to a refrigerator in preparation for the vaccination clinic.
On Friday morning, the digital data logger tool supplied by the Tennessee Department of Health showed the correct temperature but later gave an error code. After checking with the state health department, which has begun directly supplying vaccines to some Tennessee school districts, Rutherford County Schools officials learned the health services department had made an error.