Apology issued after Khon Kaen Hospital admits putting wrong expiry date on AZ vax

[webfact]

 

Eight thousand people who received AstraZeneca jabs at the Khon Kaen International Convention Center (KICE) between Monday and Thursday this week looked like they might have received out of date vaccine.

 

The date on the lot stated that it was 01 - 2021 - expiry being January of last year.

 

Khon Kaen hospital director Dr Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat was obliged to issue an apology stating that someone at the hospital had printed the wrong label.

 

In reality, he said, it should have read 01 of this year meaning that the vaccine was usable until the end of this month, reported Thai PBS.

 

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[RandiRona]

My sincere apologies to all that who dropped dead after this shot..... feel free to come back for another shot on the house!!

[chakatee]

How could a COVID vaccine expire on 01/2021 as there weren't any vaccines in Thailand yet at that time.

[ThailandRyan]

13 minutes ago, chakatee said:

How could a COVID vaccine expire on 01/2021 as there weren't any vaccines in Thailand yet at that time.

looks like the bottle and box show 1/2022.  So my guess is that someone types out 01/2021 in error on a certificate, it is common to write the wrong year in the first month as many still forget we have moved into a new year.  I did this on my paperwork to fly out, I wrote 11/1/2021 on one of my forms, and was looked at quizzically by the airport staff.

[GroveHillWanderer]

41 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

looks like the bottle and box show 1/2022.  So my guess is that someone types out 01/2021 in error on a certificate, it is common to write the wrong year in the first month as many still forget we have moved into a new year. 

True - plus it seems highly unlikely that any batch of the AZ vaccine would have been expiring in January 2021 since they didn't start distributing it until December 2020 and (if unopened and kept at 2-8 degrees C) the vaccine has a six month shelf life.

Edited January 14, 2022 by GroveHillWanderer

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, chakatee said:

How could a COVID vaccine expire on 01/2021 as there weren't any vaccines in Thailand yet at that time.

As stated it was a printing error... 

[Enoon]

 

"............someone at the hospital had printed the wrong label."

 

I would have thought that it was the manufacturer who printed the expiration date on the label.

 

Best not to dwell on it I think.

 

????

 

 

 

[IAMHERE]

Doesn't prevent Covid-19 anyways; the reduced effectiveness is still close enough I'd suspect.

[allane]

To me,the newsworthy aspect of this is that a Thai person apologized for something.

[hamleknoi]

who here reckons that they store them at -80C?

[ArcticFox]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Khon Kaen hospital director Dr Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat was obliged to issue an apology stating that someone at the hospital had printed the wrong label.

 

In reality, he said, it should have read 01 of this year meaning that the vaccine was usable until the end of this month, reported Thai PBS.

Of course. ????

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

As stated it was a printing error... 

Yes, the printing machine made an error.

[ThailandRyan]

18 minutes ago, hamleknoi said:

who here reckons that they store them at -80C?

Your posting info for either Pfizer or another and not Vaxzevira/Astrazenica.

 

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/vaccine/Pages/az-refrigerator-to-administration.aspx

Overview  

The COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S) can be stored at between +2° to +8°C for up to 6 months.

Each vial contains 4 mL or 5 mL of solution in an 8 or 10-dose vial (clear type I glass) with stopper (elastomeric with aluminium overseal). It comes in packs of 10 multidose vials.

Each vial contains at least the number of doses stated on the label. It is normal for liquid to remain in the vial after withdrawing the final dose. When low dead volume syringes and/or needles are used, the amount remaining in the vial may be sufficient for an additional dose. Care should be taken to ensure a full 0.5 mL dose is administered. Where a full 0.5 mL dose cannot be extracted, the remaining volume should be discarded. Do not pool excess vaccine from multiple vials.

 

https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/astrazeneca-hopes-warmer-storage-needs-for-covid-19-vaccine-will-be-advantage-against

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed AZD1222, can be stored and transported at normal refrigerated temps of 2 degrees to 8 degrees Celsius (36 degrees to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six months and can be administered in "existing healthcare settings," giving the shot a major logistics leg up over a leading mRNA-based competitor that requires ultra-cold storage

Edited January 14, 2022 by ThailandRyan

[hamleknoi]

14 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Your posting info for either Pfizer or another and not Vaxzevira/Astrazenica.

 

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/vaccine/Pages/az-refrigerator-to-administration.aspx

Overview  

The COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S) can be stored at between +2° to +8°C for up to 6 months.

Each vial contains 4 mL or 5 mL of solution in an 8 or 10-dose vial (clear type I glass) with stopper (elastomeric with aluminium overseal). It comes in packs of 10 multidose vials.

Each vial contains at least the number of doses stated on the label. It is normal for liquid to remain in the vial after withdrawing the final dose. When low dead volume syringes and/or needles are used, the amount remaining in the vial may be sufficient for an additional dose. Care should be taken to ensure a full 0.5 mL dose is administered. Where a full 0.5 mL dose cannot be extracted, the remaining volume should be discarded. Do not pool excess vaccine from multiple vials.

 

https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/astrazeneca-hopes-warmer-storage-needs-for-covid-19-vaccine-will-be-advantage-against

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed AZD1222, can be stored and transported at normal refrigerated temps of 2 degrees to 8 degrees Celsius (36 degrees to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six months and can be administered in "existing healthcare settings," giving the shot a major logistics leg up over a leading mRNA-based competitor that requires ultra-cold storage

Oops,I got it in my head that it was Pfizer. Maybe because I read that it was still available at Bang Sue just before that.

[ThailandRyan]

17 minutes ago, hamleknoi said:

Oops,I got it in my head that it was Pfizer. Maybe because I read that it was still available at Bang Sue just before that.

Not a problem, glad I could help and get the info out there.

[brianthainess]

18 hours ago, hamleknoi said:

who here reckons that they store them at -80C?

No one yet.