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Report #2833965

Received Apr 1, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
17 yrs
State
IN
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Apr 1, 2025
Onset
Apr 1, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (3)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HPV9HPV (GARDASIL 9)MERCK & CO. INC.3Y014059IM / LA
MENBMENINGOCOCCAL B (BEXSERO)NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS199G34IM / RA
MNQMENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE (MENQUADFI)SANOFI PASTEUR2U8271ABIM / LA

Symptoms (1)

Wrong product administered

Symptom narrative

The patient was supposed to get his second MCV4 and his first MenB vaccines. His sister was in the room as well and she was supposed to be getting her second HPV vaccine. The MA didn't properly verify which vaccines she had picked up to administer as she just glanced at them, and she saw what she expected to be giving but her mind didn't actually register that what she picked up wasn't the correct two to be given. So, the patient was given MCV4 and HPV instead. As the MA was going to throw away the used syringes she noticed that the color of the vaccine was different than it should have been. Then after looking at the remaining vaccine she realized that she had given the wrong vaccine to the pt. After this realization the MA immediately went to get another dose of the HPV and then told the male patients' Provider what had happened. After informing the Provider what happened the two went to the Chief Medical Officer to inform them of what had occurred. After informing the CMO the two went to inform the parent and the patients of the sequence of events and that there would be no adverse reactions to the pt receiving another dose of HPV, it would be like another booster, but that he would still need to get his MenB vaccine as well. So instead of the original two vaccines he received three.