Error costs St. Louis school district 1,800 H1N1 vaccines

BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) -- A faulty thermostat in a refrigerator is being blamed for the loss of 1,800 doses of swine flu vaccinations in the Rockwood School District in suburban St. Louis.

School officials told KSDK the doses were lost last month. About 2,500 new doses of the flu mist were expected to arrive on Friday.

District spokeswoman Kim Cranston says 1,000 of the district's highest risk children have already been vaccinated. She says future doses for the district will be stored at a hospital.

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Information from: KSDK-TV, http://www.ksdk.com