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Report #2852453

Received Aug 4, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
1.1 yrs
State
VA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Jun 9, 2025
Onset
Jun 9, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.UNKY019318—

Symptoms (2)

No adverse eventProduct storage error

Symptom narrative

No additional AE; HCP reporting that a patient received a dose of improperly stored VARIVAX; This spontaneous report was received from a Nurse and refers to a 13-month-old patient of unknown gender. The patient's medical history, concurrent conditions, concomitant therapies, previous drugs reactions and allergies were not reported. On 09-Jun-2025, the patient was vaccinated with an improperly store dose of varicella virus vaccine live (oka-merck) (VARIVAX), 0.5 mL, administered as prophylaxis (Lot No. Y019318 has been verified to be a valid lot number for [varicella virus vaccine live (oka-merck)], expiration date reported and upon internal validation established as 21-Nov-2026) (strength, dose number, route and anatomical location of administration and vaccination scheme frequency were not provided); that was reconstituted with sterile diluent (Lot No., expiration date, route and indication was not provided (product storage error), after a temperature excursion of 52.2 degree Fahrenheit (F) with an unknown time frame. No previous temperature excursion was reported. No additional information or adverse events were provided (no adverse event).

Other medications

Sterile diluent