H1N1 vaccine from Centerville clinic may be ineffective

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H1N1 vaccine from Centerville clinic may be ineffective

By Jeremy P. Kelley, Staff Writer
1:41 PM Monday, December 21, 2009

About two-thirds of the people vaccinated at the Dec. 17 H1N1 clinic in Centerville are being encouraged to get revaccinated because of concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccine they received.

Public Health ? Dayton & Montgomery County announced today that it appears some of that vaccine was frozen at one time, which makes the vaccine lose its potency. Public Health spokesman Bill Wharton said those doses of vaccine may not prevent H1N1, but there are no additional safety concerns as a result of receiving frozen vaccine.

The 2,154 people who received injectable vaccine between 2 and 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the former Showcase Cinemas are the ones affected. Public Health is making automated phone calls to those 2,154 people to notify them of the problem, and will follow up with letters.

The nasal spray vaccine used that day, plus the vaccine given to children up to 35 months, and the injectable vaccine delivered after 5:30 p.m., were effective, Wharton said.

Wharton said Public Health will host another free H1N1 vaccination clinic for county residents from 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 29 at Showcase Cinema at Cross Pointe Center in Centerville.

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Re: H1N1 vaccine from Centerville clinic may be ineffective

H1N1 clinic Tuesday includes those who got frozen vaccine


By Anthony Gottschlich, Staff Writer 10:37 AM Monday, December 28, 2009

DAYTON ? Public health officials will host another H1N1 vaccine clinic for all comers Tuesday, Dec. 29, but primarily for those who were vaccinated Dec. 17 with frozen, and possibly useless, vaccine.

The free clinic will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Showcase Cinema at Cross Pointe Center in Centerville, 6751 Loop Road, according to Public Health ? Dayton and Montgomery County.

Public Health spokesman Bill Wharton said lines should move quickly because the agency will re-use the consent form people filled out at the Dec. 17 clinic.

?We think we can get them in fairly quickly and out the door,? Wharton said, noting the wait time at the last clinic was around 20 minutes.

Wharton said Public Health has been calling and sending letters to the 2,154 residents who received a vaccine Dec. 17 that may have been accidently frozen at some point in the distribution process. Clinic workers noticed ice crystals on a box of vaccine at 5:30 p.m., shortly before the clinic ended.

Wharton said his agency and the Franklin County health department, which shipped the vaccine to Montgomery County, are confident the boxes were frozen before they reached Franklin County.

He said Tuesday?s clinic will be the last one Public Health will sponsor until after Jan. 1, but he doesn?t know yet when the next clinic will be scheduled. He added that children under 10 who received their initial H1N1 vaccination on or prior to Dec. 1 are eligible to receive their second dose at Tuesday?s clinic. Two doses are required for this group to be fully protected.

For those receiving the vaccine for the first time, they?ll need to complete a flu vaccination consent form, which is available at the clinic and local libraries but also at phdmc.org. Filling out the form before arriving at the clinic will speed up the process, Wharton said.

Also Tuesday, Public Health will close its tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease and immunization clinics in the Reibold Building downtown because staff will be at the H1N1 clinic. The clinics will reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 8 a.m.

Additional information about upcoming H1N1 clinics can be found at phdmc.org or by calling the flu information line at 224-8796.

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