01-06-2018 20:59 via edmontonjournal.com

Tetanus vaccine delivered in Leduc potentially ineffective: AHS

Close to 300 patients who received a tetanus vaccine recently at the Leduc Community Hospital are being encouraged to go back for another shot because the first one may have been ineffective, Alberta Health Services said Friday.
A routine audit conducted May 7 found the temperature of the vaccine fridge in the hospital emergency’s department was not being recorded properly.
The 298 patients affected were being treated for possible tetanus prone wounds, AHS said. To update their immuni
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