COVID vaccines might be precious, but that doesn't mean they aren't wasted

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Sometimes even COVID vaccines are wasted, in France authorities are allowing for 30 per cent wastage and authorities in Australia are working to reduce waste as much as possible.

ListenMike Toole has worked on vaccination campaigns in developing countries, including vaccination against measles and said wastage was inevitable in any vaccination rollout.But he said wastage of COVID vaccines would probably be less, partly because they were more expensive."Although now with manufacturing AstraZeneca that isn't as big a problem as it might have been."

Sarah Schiffling, an expert in supply chains at Liverpool John Moores University, said all kinds of things like people missing their appointments, vaccines going unused at the end of the day and not being able to draw every dose could add up to wastage. The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine comes in an eight-to-10 dose vial and the Pfizer vaccine was originally recommended as a five-dose vial.

"These [standard] syringes are absolutely fine and many providers in the world are getting six doses most of the time." In Australia, doctors have prepared to use these techniques and get the most out of every vial, according to the president of the Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Karen Price.

 

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