School immunisations suddenly stopped after medics realise vaccines were not being stored at correct temperature
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A school immunisation session stopped half way through when staff realised that the vaccines had not been stored at the correct temperature.
Many pupils in Year 9 had already received the jabs at Hawarden High School in Flintshire, Wales earlier this week, before the storage issue came to light.
Parents are now worried that the incorrectly stored vaccines could negatively impact their children's health.
But medics at the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board assured the school that although the vaccines were “temporarily stored outside of their normal parameters” they were safe and will still be effective against tetanus and meningitis .
Parents were later sent letters explaining what had happened, the Daily Post reports.
But many took to social media to share their concerns about whether their children would have any side effects.
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One mum said reassurances were given that the batch had only been recalled as a precaution because it emerged there may have been a problem with it not being stored at the correct temperature.
But others sought answers from the local health board until an email was sent out and a letter and leaflet was sent home.
A spokesman for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said: “A school vaccination was stopped as a precaution on Wednesday, January 31 at Hawarden High School after we became aware that during the delivery of the vaccines by our supplier earlier in the week they were temporarily stored outside of their normal parameters.
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"We would like to reassure the children and parents that the vaccines are safe and effective to use, and all children that received the vaccine will benefit from it and do not require revaccination.
“Children who did not receive their vaccines on that day will be offered their vaccines from a new batch of vaccines, a date for this vaccination session is to be arranged in due course."