As previously reported by Congluan.vn , on the morning of May 9, Thang Binh Commune Health Station (Nong Cong) organized vaccination services at the health station with vaccines: Hexaxim and Synflorix for 15 children of vaccination age in the area, including 6 children receiving the first dose of Hexaxim 6-in-1 vaccine. After the vaccination, these families discovered that the vaccine box they brought home had expired.
Currently, children who received expired vaccines are in the isolation room of the Department of Internal Medicine - Allergy - Immunology - Musculoskeletal System, Thanh Hoa Children's Hospital.
On the morning of May 12, speaking with reporters from the Journalist and Public Opinion newspaper, four parents of children who were mistakenly injected with expired 6-in-1 vaccines were all very worried and upset about the incident.
According to these families, after discovering that the vaccine given to their children had expired, they called the Station staff to report the news, but the commune health staff said that they had only injected expired medicine and that it was fine.
"But my child is getting more and more lethargic, I can't keep him here, I suggest the station chief take him to a higher level." - a parent said.
Vaccine boxes brought home by family
Other families whose children received expired vaccines also said that no staff at Thang Binh Medical Station informed the families about the incident. Instead, they received information from other families, so they brought their children back to the station and asked to be transferred to a higher level.
Previously, on the morning of May 9, Thang Binh Commune Health Station (Nong Cong) organized vaccination services at the health station with vaccines: Hexaxim and Synflorix for 15 children of vaccination age in the area, of which 6 children received the first dose of Hexaxim 6-in-1 vaccine.
After the injection, the children were monitored according to regulations and the Thang Binh Commune Health Station provided the vaccine vial boxes for the families to take home for monitoring. At 10:06 a.m. the same day, the Thang Binh Commune Health Station received feedback from the family of a child who had been vaccinated with Hexaxim vaccine about the expiration date of the injected vaccine on the box for the family to take home, which was marked as March 31, 2023.
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Doctor Phan Van Chuong, Head of the Thang Binh Commune Health Station, admitted that the above mistake was due to the negligence of the vaccination staff who did not follow the correct safe vaccination procedure and did not carefully check and compare the expiration dates on the medicine box and vaccine vial. The leaders and staff of the Thang Binh Commune Health Station directly admitted their mistakes to the children's families and will accompany the families in the process of monitoring the children's health.
According to Mr. Tran Anh Nam, Director of Nong Cong District Medical Center, after the above incident, the unit conducted a review and confirmed that the 4 vials of 6-in-1 Hexaxim vaccine injected into children on May 9 at Thang Binh Medical Station were the last vials of the vaccine batch imported by Nong Cong District Medical Center from May 23, 2022, with a total of 165 doses.
The cause of the incident was due to the improper reception and storage of vaccines at the Thang Binh Commune Health Station, Nong Cong District. Specifically, expired vaccines were mixed with vaccines that were still valid. Before injecting, medical staff did not follow the regulations. In principle, the name of the drug, expiry date, and injection route must be checked. Due to subjectivity, the staff made mistakes.
"We are currently considering the suspension of two officials. Once the suspension decision is made, we will provide specific information," said Mr. Tran Anh Nam, Director of Nong Cong District Medical Center.
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Regarding the above incident, on May 11, the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) sent Official Dispatch No. 510/CD-DP to the Director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Director of the Department of Health of Thanh Hoa province requesting to organize an investigation, hold a meeting of the Professional Advisory Council; review, clarify responsibilities for violating units and individuals and seriously rectify the implementation of the vaccination process.
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