A Kansas hospital was forced to throw away nearly 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week due to a "process error," health officials said Thursday. Lawrence Memorial Hospital said it received 570 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Wednesday. The Lawrence, Kansas, hospital, in a release, said it followed this procedure, "not realizing they were already thawed." Bradfield said Johnson & Johnson requested that the hospital contact McKesson, a health care company overseeing distribution, according to the release. In January, nearly 2,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were spoiled at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Boston after a contractor accidentally unplugged a freezer, according to hospital officials.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2021 06:11 UTC