Saturday, October 29, 2005
A home health company was giving out fake flu shots. "As many as 1,000 Exxon Mobil employees and 14 residents of a senior citizens home were injected with fake flu vaccine, authorities said Friday, and the owner of a home health care company was arrested.
Preliminary tests indicated the syringes were filled with purified water, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said. And no ill effects from the shots were reported."
Preliminary tests indicated the syringes were filled with purified water, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said. And no ill effects from the shots were reported."
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What a longlasting disaster this will cause.
Politicians will ride to the rescue with more red tape, such that the already-minimal profit margin on flu shots will vanish -- to the longterm detriment of our patients.
1] They should hang this guy if found guilty.
2] Reseachers should follow these patients to determine their flu rates.
Politicians will ride to the rescue with more red tape, such that the already-minimal profit margin on flu shots will vanish -- to the longterm detriment of our patients.
1] They should hang this guy if found guilty.
2] Reseachers should follow these patients to determine their flu rates.
# posted by 
: 10:13 AM
: 10:13 AM
A nurse hired by the company to give the shots notified the FBI after noticing some irregularities, Rosenberg said.
The nurse, who was not identified, told authorities that she thought it odd that company employees did not know about lot numbers used to track vaccines. The nurse also became concerned when a Hawa employee said he had pricked his finger a few times while filling the syringes, and not to let the doctor at the health fair examine the syringes, according to the FBI.
Yay, nurse. The thin white line saved a bunch of folks from flu misery or worse.
It seems some sort of "red tape" would be in order when giving mass vaccinations...what kind of documentation is already necessary?
Isn't it already necessary to document lot numbers of vaccine vials used? Apparently it was necessary to use an actual nurse to give the shots, and this proved to be the failsafe that worked.
S.
The nurse, who was not identified, told authorities that she thought it odd that company employees did not know about lot numbers used to track vaccines. The nurse also became concerned when a Hawa employee said he had pricked his finger a few times while filling the syringes, and not to let the doctor at the health fair examine the syringes, according to the FBI.
Yay, nurse. The thin white line saved a bunch of folks from flu misery or worse.
It seems some sort of "red tape" would be in order when giving mass vaccinations...what kind of documentation is already necessary?
Isn't it already necessary to document lot numbers of vaccine vials used? Apparently it was necessary to use an actual nurse to give the shots, and this proved to be the failsafe that worked.
S.
# posted by : 10:57 AM
: 10:57 AM
Injected water HURTS like hell. Since it is hypotonic, all the cells around it burst open. Injected saline might be indistinguishable from most shots. But with water, I'm surprised the patient's screaming didn't make the ones in the waiting room leave.
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