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Report #2870366

Received Nov 3, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
4 yrs
State
MD
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Oct 16, 2025
Onset
Oct 16, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
UNKVACCINE NOT SPECIFIED (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERUNK948417—

Symptoms (5)

Circumstance or information capable of leading to medication errorCryingNervousnessPanic reactionUnderdose

Symptom narrative

Very nervous; Very panicked; Half the dose was given; This spontaneous case, initially received on 17-Oct-2025, was reported by a health professional and concerns a child female patient. Administration of company suspect drug: On 16-Oct-2025, the patient received Flucelvax (TIV) for indicated for active immunization for the prevention of influenza disease, Dose regimen: 0.5 ml, Route of Administration: Not Reported, Anatomical location: Not Reported, Lot number: 948417. No additional suspect drugs. Adverse reactions/events and outcomes: On 16-Oct-2025, same day of vaccination, the patient experienced Very nervous (outcome: Not Reported), Very panicked (outcome: Not Reported), Half the dose was given (outcome: Not Reported). The patient was very panicked, and after the pharmacist had punctured the skin with the needle, she moved out away from the needle. The pharmacist looked at the barrel again and looked like they gave her half the dose of the Flucelvax. Event description: The child was within the mom's arms of wrapping around, but the mom did not wrap the child tight enough, so when the pharmacist went to administer the shot, the pharmacist was slowly pushing the plunger to give the dose, as the pharmacist was doing that, she moved her arm so quickly that she got away from the needle, but the needle was already insider her left deltoid, and she was crying, she was nervous, the pharmacist did not want to scar her again with the needle. There was nothing wrong with the syringe. Treatment measures associated with event: No, the patient didn't get the flu dose Outcome of event: Half the dose was given, no injuries. Flucelvax (TIV) action taken: Not Applicable Reporter's assessment: The primary reporter provided seriousness assessment as unknown for all of the events and did not provide causality assessment.; Reporter's Comments: The events Very nervous, Very panicked are related due to temporal relationship plausibility. The event Half the dose was given is not related due to nature of event (special situation).