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More than 20,000 need to get new shots after vaccines go bad
02:04 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
By DAVID KROUGH, kgw.com Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. ? Thousands of patients are being asked to get re-vaccinated in cities across Oregon after some refrigerated dosages may have gone bad.
The vaccines may have been stored at temperatures that render them ineffective, no one was at risk for any medical problems from the shots, officials said.
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The Oregon health department said around 22,000 patients at three private clinics in Oregon would be notified.
The vaccines most affected were childhood shots against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, flu, hepatitis A & B, human papillomavirus, viral influenza and pneumococcal disease.
The vaccines had been stored and given out at the High Desert Medical Center in Burns, Providence Health & Services in Gateway, Milwaukie and Sunnyside clinics in the Portland area; Cannon Beach, Seaside and Warrenton clinics on the north coast; and Doctors Clinic, Jacksonville, Medford Family Practice and Shady Cove clinics in southern Oregon. The Corvallis Clinic, with approximately 14,000 patients who received vaccine from its clinics in Albany, Corvallis and Philomath.
There will be no charge to the patients.
More information can be found at Oregon Health Dept.
More than 20,000 need to get new shots after vaccines go bad
02:04 PM PDT on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
By DAVID KROUGH, kgw.com Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. ? Thousands of patients are being asked to get re-vaccinated in cities across Oregon after some refrigerated dosages may have gone bad.
The vaccines may have been stored at temperatures that render them ineffective, no one was at risk for any medical problems from the shots, officials said.
KING graphic
The Oregon health department said around 22,000 patients at three private clinics in Oregon would be notified.
The vaccines most affected were childhood shots against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, flu, hepatitis A & B, human papillomavirus, viral influenza and pneumococcal disease.
The vaccines had been stored and given out at the High Desert Medical Center in Burns, Providence Health & Services in Gateway, Milwaukie and Sunnyside clinics in the Portland area; Cannon Beach, Seaside and Warrenton clinics on the north coast; and Doctors Clinic, Jacksonville, Medford Family Practice and Shady Cove clinics in southern Oregon. The Corvallis Clinic, with approximately 14,000 patients who received vaccine from its clinics in Albany, Corvallis and Philomath.
There will be no charge to the patients.
More information can be found at Oregon Health Dept.