The report of the Committee of Inquiry and Traceability confirms several errors in the management of vaccines in Osakidetza
According to research on expired doses, there have been problems in the distribution, traceability and internal controls of the vaccination system.
A baby getting vaccinated at the Sopelana health center.
The report following the incident detected in Osakidetza concludes that there were not only one-off errors, but that there were errors at different stages of the vaccination process, including confirmation of errors in planning, stock control and pre-dose verification.
Firstly, the document indicates that vaccines were distributed with a lower range of expiry than usual, since the general criterion states that they should be valid for at least 12 months. In this context, thousands of doses of the hexavalent Vaxelis vaccine were distributed in 2025, six months before their expiration, which increased the risk of untimely use.
In addition, the use of a batch purchased in 2023 was extended to the middle of 2025, with ever narrower deadlines, which reduced the reaction capacity of health centres and, in some cases, concentrated orders on specific periods, resulting in the accumulation of vaccines that were about to expire.
The report has also identified problems of traceability , since they have not been able to know in real time the state, location and expiry of each dose, and the procedure for reviewing expiry and cooling equipment has not been unified in all centres, a lack of homogeneity that led to different management according to the health organisation.
Finally, it has been found that checks prior to the administration of vaccines failed, which is an essential step in preventing deficiencies, which made it possible to inoculate some of the outdated doses.
For all these elements, according to the report, a chain of errors was madein the distribution, control and supervision of\u00A0 vaccines, which explains the incidence detected and reinforces the need for the measures announced by the Department of Health to strengthen the system and bring it closer to "non-vacuum".
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