GGD Middenmeer is short of four AstraZeneca vaccines, possibly swapped with another vaccine | Inland

The GGD is not sure whether it happened, but because the chance is considered plausible, almost three hundred people will be called today (Tuesday 15 June). It concerns people who received a vaccination in Middenmeer on Friday 11 June between 4.45 pm and 6.30 pm. At other times and at other GGD vaccination locations, everyone received the vaccine for which they had been scheduled.

AstraZeneca

The possibly incorrect vaccination came to light when at the end of the day it turned out that four AstraZeneca vaccines were too short in the stock management of the Middenmeer location. This may indicate that four people have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca instead of the planned vaccination with Moderna. GGD Hollands Noorden regrets the incident. Measures have now been taken to prevent such an incident in the future.

GGD Hollands Noorden has reported this incident to the Public Health Inspectorate. In consultation with the inspectorate, all involved who have been vaccinated within the aforementioned period are called and informed. The phone call has a preventive character.

According to Roland de Nijs Infectious Disease Control doctor, AstraZeneca gives a serious side effect in very rare cases (blood clots in combination with a shortage of platelets). “This can occur in about one in 50,000 injections given. We call people to draw their attention to the incorrect vaccination. If side effects arise, and that chance is small, we advise you to contact your GP immediately and not to wait until, for example, the next day,” says De Nijs.

GPs have now been informed by the GGD of the possibly incorrect vaccination.

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