The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment suspended a Pueblo-based COVID-19 vaccine provider over claims of failing to follow federal guidelines on storage and tracking.
CDPHE says VitalPoint Urgent Care violated multiple aspects of its provider agreement:
- Failure to store and handle COVID-19 vaccines in compliance with the CDC Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit.
- Failure to document and report required vaccine administration information.
- Failure to maintain onsite documentation of the storage and administration of COVID-19 vaccine
- Inappropriate administration of vaccine to individuals outside of the recommended age group.
- Failure to report records to the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) within 72 hours of vaccine administration.
- Failure to provide an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) fact sheet to each vaccine recipient prior to vaccination.
- Failure to report temperature excursions, contact manufacturer and quarantine vaccine.
- Failure to report COVID-19 vaccine wastage.
- Failure to report vaccine administration errors to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
State officials say vaccines administered at this location are now considered invalid, and those who received a COVID-19 vaccine there should be re-vaccinated. The CDPHE says it knows of 98 patients and will reach out to them if they have contact information provided on their record.