The Wisconsin Medical Center where 57 vials of the Modern coronavirus vaccine were ruled out earlier this week said Wednesday in a statement that the employee who removed the vaccines from the freezer did so “intentionally” and that he already he was not occupied by the hospital.
On Monday, hospital officials said about 50 vials of the vaccine were to be thrown after an employee at Advocate Aurora Health Medical Center in Grafton, Washington, removed them “unintentionally” from the refrigerator. the pharmacy, where vaccines need to be given. housed at low temperatures.
At the time, the incident was attributed to a “human error,” but in a statement Wednesday, the medical center said the roads had been intentionally removed. According to the statement, the 57 vials that had been rejected overnight had resulted in the release of 500 doses of the vaccine.
“We immediately launched an internal review and were led to believe that this was caused by involuntary human error. The individual in question acknowledged today that he intentionally removed the vaccine from the cold, “the hospital said on Wednesday.
“We are more than disappointed that the actions of this individual lead to a delay of more than 500 people receiving the vaccine. This was a violation of our core values and the individual is no longer employed by us, ”the hospital added.
The hospital stated that “competent authorities” had been notified to investigate the incident.
Despite the loss of hundreds of vaccines, a spokesman told The Hill on Monday that the hospital’s vaccine deployment plan had not been interrupted, as vaccines had been redirected from other medical facility sites. .
According to the latest data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 47,147 vaccines have been administered in the state so far.
“We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the pandemic,” the hospital said.
Wisconsin has confirmed more than 5,000 deaths and more than 15,000 cases since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.