Covid vaccine, physiological solution to 6 people by mistake

The six people were identified to whom saline solution was inoculated yesterday afternoon in Pistoia, in the San Biagio vaccination center, in place of the Pfizer anti Covid vaccine dose. This was announced by Daniele Mannelli, director of the Pistoia district of the Azienda Usl Toscana Centro and head of the San Biagio vaccination center. “It was a cognitive error, something foreign to normal procedures – underlined Mannelli – In short, a moment of distraction that fortunately did not cause harm to patients. The six people have already been identified. Now we will call back all 36 people. of that lot and we will explain what happened. In 28 days we will ask these 36 people to take a blood sample to check the antibody titers for Covid, so as to be sure who received the saline solution and who did not. If all it goes as we think, 30 people will take the second dose at that moment, while for six of them it will be the first dose. “” Honestly I’m not worried, because from a health point of view it doesn’t involve having a physiological solution. 2.5 million doses someone may not do the correct procedure: in this case it has no effect on health “, said the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, today in Florence to get vaccinate against Covid-19. The error, the ASL explained yesterday, was discovered when the doctors realized that they had used one vial less than those that would have been necessary to vaccinate the people registered in the box up to that moment, in all 36. Asl Toscana Centro issued a statement in which he reconstructed the story: “During the afternoon vaccination session of 11 June at the San Biagio center in Pistoia, an event involving the administration of physiological solution in place of Pfizer vaccine for six people occurred . The vaccination team realized that they used one less vial than would have been necessary to vaccinate the people registered in the box up to that moment, carrying out a periodic congruence check between the doses administered and the drugs taken from the refrigerator. 36 vaccinated in the afternoon shift until the event was detected, 30 of which have been correctly vaccinated “.” The work Health care provider has mistakenly diluted with physiological solution one of the vials already used, devoid of active principle – continued the ASL – The dilution operation was carried out in compliance with the sterility rules. The six people to whom the physiological solution was administered do not run any risk, nor have they suffered any damage from the administration. “” I am deeply sorry about what happened – said the general manager of the ASL Toscana Centro, Paolo Morello Marchese-. I would like to point out that none of the users risk damage to their health following the administration of physiological solution. After carrying out the necessary laboratory investigations, the ASL will promptly take charge of carrying out a new vaccination cycle for the six citizens “.