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On the afternoon of the 25th of last month, citizens waited in line to receive the influenza vaccine at the Seoul East Branch of the Health Promotion Clinic of the Korea Health Management Association in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 2020.9.25 / News1 © News1Even after quarantine authorities decided to suspend influenza (flu) vaccination due to exposure to room temperature, the number of vaccines inoculated reached 700, revealing a flaw in the handling of the vaccine.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Day 4, 2,295 people were vaccinated at room temperature since the announcement on Day 3. Of these, 696 (30.3%) were vaccinated after Agency measures for Disease Control to stop vaccination on the 21st of last month. In response, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said it was due to the fact that medical institutions did not separate and administer government-provided vaccines and paid vaccines, and that the vaccination cessation was not delivered quickly. to front-line medical institutions. In fact, it was revealed that a hospital in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do adjusted the amount of free vaccinations to 60 people who were eligible for paid vaccination.
Some believe that it is very likely that some medical institutions have used the free inoculations before, as the inoculations were crowded due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). He said that he tried to enter the vaccine product number (batch number) later according to the free vaccination period for each age group after using the free vaccination for the first paid vaccination subjects.
It is analyzed that the time it took for medical institutions to register vaccination data on the computer network after vaccination had an effect on the number of additional vaccines. According to the vaccine administration guidelines of the Korea Disease Administration, medical institutions must enter the product number of the free vaccine on the computer network to receive payment. Eom Joong-sik, professor of infectious medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital, said: “If you inoculate up to 100 people a day, it takes a long time, and there are medical institutions that collect and enter them all at once.” Experts say that this incident should lead to better management of vaccines by health authorities, from refrigerated transport to storage in medical institutions. In particular, it points out that a system should be developed that can quickly disseminate vaccination interruptions to front-line medical institutions when a problem occurs in vaccine handling. Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Daeguro Hospital in Korea, said: “The national vaccination guide does not contain regulations on contact in case of an emergency.” According to the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 4, 12 inoculations had an adverse reaction. Of these, five are teenagers or younger. Its symptoms include fever (3 cases) and chills, headache and nausea (3 cases). Pain, bruising, urticaria, diarrhea, body aches, and throat discomfort were also reported at the site of inoculation in 1 case each.
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