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Report #2868800

Received Oct 27, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
0.5 yrs
State
DC
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Oct 24, 2025
Onset
Oct 24, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (4)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (MODERNA))MODERNA13053238IM / LL
DTAPIPVHIBDTAP + IPV + HIB (PENTACEL)SANOFI PASTEUR3UK364AAIM / RL
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETH3MA2506IM / LL
RV5ROTAVIRUS (ROTATEQ)MERCK & CO. INC.3Y019505PO / MO

Symptoms (2)

Needle issueSoft tissue foreign body

Symptom narrative

Patient was receiving their 6 month vaccines. Patient received 3 injections without incident. When the 4th injection, for the Pentacel vaccine was being administered, the syringe separated from needle during vaccine administration causing the vaccine to spill out. Unknown amount failed to be administered to patient. Unknown what amount was administered to patient. At the time of the incident there was no bruising, no redness, no sign of injury. The needle was removed from patient intact. Patient left the office before provider could do physical evaluation of patient after incident. Provider gave father instructions of what to monitor for. Dr. followed up with mom via phone call in the afternoon as well as a second phone call on Saturday 10/25/25 and offered to have the patient come in for an evaluation.

Current illness

None

Medical history

none

Other medications

None; BEYFORTUS

Allergies

None

Lab data

None