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State taking heat for 'chaotic' flu shots
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014953-454.stm
Doctors, schools blame disarray on swine flu vaccine distribution system
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In the past several weeks, as the H1N1 flu has swept through the nation and health officials scrambled to find scarce vaccine, questions have been raised about how Pennsylvania chose to handle the process of distributing the limited doses available.
"There's no rhyme or reason as to how it's being delivered. It's very chaotic. Until it arrives on our doorstep, we're not aware of what we're getting or in what amounts," said Kathy Guatteri, executive director of Children's Community Pediatrics, a group of 28 pediatric practices associated with Children's Hospital. Each of those practices had to place its own separate request for vaccine.
The combination of a vaccine shortage with a distribution system based on pre-registration by individual providers and schools resulted in haphazard -- and sometimes unexpected -- deliveries that sent doctors offices or school officials scrambling and forced at-risk patients to chase information. (Continued ..)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014953-454.stm
Doctors, schools blame disarray on swine flu vaccine distribution system
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In the past several weeks, as the H1N1 flu has swept through the nation and health officials scrambled to find scarce vaccine, questions have been raised about how Pennsylvania chose to handle the process of distributing the limited doses available.
"There's no rhyme or reason as to how it's being delivered. It's very chaotic. Until it arrives on our doorstep, we're not aware of what we're getting or in what amounts," said Kathy Guatteri, executive director of Children's Community Pediatrics, a group of 28 pediatric practices associated with Children's Hospital. Each of those practices had to place its own separate request for vaccine.
The combination of a vaccine shortage with a distribution system based on pre-registration by individual providers and schools resulted in haphazard -- and sometimes unexpected -- deliveries that sent doctors offices or school officials scrambling and forced at-risk patients to chase information. (Continued ..)