According to a deviation report a visa has gained access to, the error occurred when two vaccines were drawn at the same time.
After the first employee was vaccinated, the used syringe was placed on the table next to the unused syringe, and when the second was to be vaccinated, the used syringe was placed in the arm of the second employee.
Fauske municipality categorizes the deviation as a serious routine failure. The affected personnel have been followed up and blood samples have been taken. The GP has also followed up those affected, according to the deviation report.
Municipal manager for health and care in Fauske municipality, Torill Mørkhagen, tells Avisa Nordland that there has only been one such deviation. Subsequently, a new review of routines and training for vaccination has also been carried out,
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