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Connecticut pediatricians and state immunization staff weigh vaccine storage, ordering and pharmacy access
Summary
Pediatric clinicians told the advisory committee that storage, staffing and clinic volume constrain some practices' ability to administer COVID-19 and seasonal vaccines; state immunization program officials urged small, frequent orders and said unused COVID and flu doses in the program are not charged back under current policy.
Pediatricians and Connecticut Department of Public Health immunization staff used the advisory committee's first meeting to map real-world barriers to vaccine access: limited storage capacity in small practices, decreased demand for COVID-19 vaccine leading to potential wastage, and ambiguity about pharmacy authority and coverage under the PREP Act and state regulations.
Clinicians described practical limits Dr. Katie Noble, founder of Sound Beach Pediatrics, said her practice has not stocked the COVID-19 vaccine recently and that managing cold-chain storage alongside large flu shipments is difficult: "the volume of vaccines we had to handle during flu season, limit our responsibility to storage the COVID vaccine." Dr. Maria Lopez and other pediatricians…
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