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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2019 Jul 11;37(35):5111–5120. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.05.089

Hepatitis B vaccine doses ordered, administered, and wasted as of September 2015.1

Awardee2 Vaccinating Sites Patient Visits to Sites4 Patients Offered HepB Vaccine4 Doses Ordered Doses Given Doses Unused5 Doses Wasted6
Alabama3 87 30,502 19,571 20,000 15,669 – –
Chicago 42 138,057 24,282 15,800 15,581 219 0
Florida 7 12,433 9102 11,760 10,921 839 186
Kentucky 83 239,450 61,487 10,250 9260 1002 778
Louisiana 9 47,733 9343 6000 3256 694 2454
Maryland 44 58,989 12,461 14,500 10,014 4486 1379
Michigan 23 118,040 91,639 17,000 17,023 0 0
Nevada 10 43,698 38,755 9450 8085 1365 1099
New York City 17 184,525 45,757 12,400 11,539 861 38
Oregon 14 307,800 3744 4500 4491 9 214
San Antonio 26 2979 2205 3000 2061 939 36
Tennessee 55 754,581 108,295 17,073 15,392 1521 33
Virginia 12 477,034 10,751 7954 7187 2257 326
West Virginia 30 7091 6525 11,484 8631 2853 708
Totals 459 2,422,912 443,917 161,171 139,110 17,045 7,251
1

Project end date 9/29/2015 (range between 12/29/2014 and 9/29/2015).

2

Data tracking issues (e.g., coding errors in distinguishing doses funded by the pilot and doses funded by other sources) resulted in some over- and under-counting of doses among awardees.

3

Due to de-duplication errors with the local database for this project, at least 3000 records were lost. Additionally, at least one large county did not submitt its hepatitis B enrollment forms. The number of doses unused and wasted is unknown.

4

Some awardees estimated the number of patient visits to sites and the number of patients who were offered hepatitis B vaccine or did not track the number of patient visits or vaccinations offered.

5

Doses unused as reported in the awardees’ final reports. Awardees with unused doses continued to vaccinate after September 2015 until all doses were administered or had expired.

6

Doses wasted were reported in the awardees’ final reports. Reported reasons why doses were wasted: not used before expiration date, improper storage and handling, dropped/broken vial, client decided not to be vaccinated, syringe malfunction, lost vaccine, and unknown reasons.