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Are older lots of pediatric vaccines which contain thimerosal as a preservative still on the shelves in doctors offices and being used in the U.S.?

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Are older lots of pediatric vaccines which contain thimerosal as a preservative still on the shelves in doctors offices and being used in the U.S.?

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With the exception of some influenza vaccines and tetanus-diptheria (Td) vaccines (given to children age 7 and older), the last lots of recommended childhood vaccine which contain thimerosal as a preservative expired by early 2003. If providers have such expired vaccines in their stocks, they should discard them.