Report #2831572

Received Mar 15, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Male
Age: Age unknown
State: SC
Recovered: Unknown
Vaccinated: Feb 7, 2025
Onset: Feb 7, 2025
Days to onset: 0
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARCEL	VARICELLA (VARIVAX)	MERCK & CO. INC.	UNK	Y010045	OT

Symptoms (1)

Product storage error

Symptom narrative

VARIVAX administered after temperature excursion; This spontaneous report was received from a Pharmacist and refers to a male patient of unknown age. The patient's medical history was not reported. The patient's concurrent conditions were not reported. Concomitant therapies were not reported. On 07-Feb-2025, the patient was vaccinated with an improperly stored dose of Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) (VARIVAX) 0.5 ml, intramuscular, lot #Y010045, expiration date: 29-May-2026 (strength, dose number and anatomical location were not provided) which was reconstituted with sterile diluent (MERCK STERILE DILUENT) (strength, dose, lot number and expiration date were not provided) for prophylaxis The temperature excursion was in 54.9°F, for 1 hour 30 minutes and there was no previous temperature excursion.

Other medications

Sterile Diluent