Posts area Latest 1 of 1 Latest posts Latest posts 5.45am Parents’ fears allayed over vaccination efficacies in Toowoomba Hospital By Catherine Strohfeldt Parents of 179 babies born at the Toowoomba Base Hospital have been reassured after preemptive alerts concerning RSV vaccinations administered between May and June were sent out earlier this week. Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman said the move to contact families came from an ‘abundance of caution’.
Credit: Jamila Toderas After separate monitoring devices on a refrigerator in the hospital’s maternity unit reported different temperatures, staff raised concerns about the integrity of RSV vaccines stored in the device. Letters were sent to parents, although an investigation into the quality of the vaccines had not yet concluded. A spokesperson for Darling Downs Health said some vaccines may have been exposed to temperatures below the recommended range, but that the medicine would not adversely affect babies receiving them.
Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman said the move to contact families came from an “abundance of caution” and that newborns who received potentially ineffective vaccines would have since had follow-up shots. Both the refrigerator and monitoring devices have since been replaced. 5.
30am Queensland Health begins recycling programs for common landfill item By Catherine Strohfeldt More than 24 kilograms of medication packaging have been recycled through the Queensland Children’s Hospital bliste.