At least 87 times in the last few months, a health care provider has given a young child the wrong dose of COVID vaccine. The decision last week to add new boosters for everyone over 12 adds another layer of complexity.
The FDA gave emergency authorization to a reformulated COVID booster shot that targets both the original virus and the BA.4 and BA.5 variants.At least 87 times in the last few months, a health care provider has given a young child the wrong dose ofLuckily, none resulted in a serious medical problem, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.of delivering a vaccine that comes in multiple doses from different companies, some that require diluting and others that don't.
"I am confident the systems continue to work effectively, but I know the FDA continues to monitor this very closely," he said during a White House briefing Tuesday. The labeling issues are"impairing our ability to deliver vaccines," said Lee, who is also a chair of a federal advisory committee that reviewed the vaccines last week."The growing complexity of the immunization schedule and the multiple products needed for different age groups for different purposes, and with different time intervals between doses is challenging."
A best practice is to triple-check patient information and the vaccine label before administering a shot, Moore said. But it’s easier to spot a mistake when there are different cap colors. Some electronic health record systems also incorporate cap colors into shorthand when ordering shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COVID-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. Explicit expiration dates also don’t appear on any of the COVID-19 vaccine labels, Cohen said. Instead, health care providers must look up the expiration date through a lot number or QR code depending on the company.
It"means access can be limited by day and by site, and particularly if the volume of patients is small," she said."In an ideal world, our job is to ensure we do not miss opportunities to vaccinate, but these complexities make it challenging to manage."
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