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More Than Five-Thousand Vaccines May Be Ineffective

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group recently found that vaccines administered from January 1, 2013 to today may not be fully effective due to storage issues. Over...

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group recently found that vaccines administered from January 1, 2013 to today may not be fully effective due to storage issues.

Over the last year and a half 5,003 vaccines were given to 3,833 patients at the medical group’s locations in Enfield, South Main/West Hartford, Storrs and Unionville.

The vaccines may have been stored at the wrong temperature for too long of a period of time.

Two-thirds of the vaccines were for influenza, pneumonia and vaccines in the tetanus/pertussis family. The other vaccines were ones commonly administered in doctors’ offices.

The less-effective vaccines cannot hurt patients, but it is recommended that patients who visited the locations mentioned get re-vaccinated to fully prevent disease.

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group is reaching out to each patient who was impacted and will re-vaccinate patients at no charge.

If patients have any questions they should call 877-707-4442 or visit:

http://hartfordhealthcaremedicalgroup.com/vaccines/

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