The Wisconsin medical center where 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were discarded earlier this week said in a statement Wednesday that the employee who removed the vaccines from the freezer had did “intentionally” and was no longer employed by the hospital.
On Monday, hospital officials said that around 50 vials of the vaccine had to be thrown away after an employee at Advocate Aurora Health medical center in Grafton, Wis., “inadvertently” removed them from the pharmacy refrigerator, where the vaccines are required to be housed at low temperatures.
At the time, the incident was attributed to “human error,” but in a statement Wednesday, the medical center said the vials had been removed intentionally. According to the statement, the 57 vials that had been discarded overnight had led to 500 doses of the vaccine being thrown out.
“We immediately launched an internal review and were led to believe this was caused by inadvertent human error. The individual in question today acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration,” the hospital said in the statement Wednesday.
“We are more than disappointed that this individual’s actions will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine. This was a violation of our core values, and the individual is no longer employed by us,” the hospital added.
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Wisconsin hospital says employee intentionally discarded 57 coronavirus vaccine vials https://t.co/Qf5FJ0TeVi pic.twitter.com/Mp8jU4mBHO
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The big question is why?
Police and federal authorities are investigating after an employee at a Wisconsin health system admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/vkSiGMuZgS
— POLITICO (@politico) December 31, 2020
……..Aurora said it has fired the employee and referred the matter to the authorities. The statement said nothing about a possible motive for the action.
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Aurora said it would provide more information on Thursday.
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