Report #2844656

Received Jun 11, 2025

Office visit

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Overview

Sex: Male
Age: 29 yrs
State: —
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Jun 10, 2025
Onset: Jun 10, 2025
Days to onset: 0
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
HPV9	HPV (GARDASIL 9)	MERCK & CO. INC.	3	—	IM / RA

Symptoms (1)

Circumstance or information capable of leading to medication error

Symptom narrative

I accidentally used a 5/8 inch needle to administer an IM vaccine to a pt over 130 lb instead of the recommended 1 inch needle. Pt will have an additional clinic visit to have the vaccine administered with the correct needle length.