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Report #2881555

Received Jan 12, 2026

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
Age unknown
State
AL
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Dec 12, 2025
Onset
Dec 12, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.UNKZ011893—

Symptoms (2)

Needle issueNo adverse event

Symptom narrative

No additional AE; She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame; Nurse calling to request information on revaccination as they have a patient who received a partial dose of VARIVAX. She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. She confirmed there was no issue with the syringe, the; Information has been received from Partner. This Spontaneous report was received from Nurse and referred to a/an patient of unknown age and gender. The patient's medical history was not reported. The patient's past medications were not reported. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. On 12-Dec-2025, the patient started therapy with VARIVAX (Batch/Lot Number: Z011893) (Expiration date: 17-Jul-2027). The patient started therapy with VARIVAX for the treatment of prophylaxis, On 12-Dec-2025, the patient experienced Nurse calling to request information on revaccination as they have a patient who received a partial dose of VARIVAX. She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. She confirmed there was no issue with the syringe, the. On an unknown date, the patient experienced No additional AE. On an unknown date, the patient experienced She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. The Outcome of Nurse calling to request information on revaccination as they have a patient who received a partial dose of VARIVAX. She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. She confirmed there was no issue with the syringe, the was not provided. The Outcome of No additional AE was not provided. The Outcome of She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame was not provided. The action taken with Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) lyophilisate and solvent for solution for injection regarding Nurse calling to request information on revaccination as they have a patient who received a partial dose of VARIVAX. She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. She confirmed there was no issue with the syringe, the was Not applicable. The Nurse considered the event Vaccine underdose (,) to be not assessed to Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) lyophilisate and solvent for solution for injection, the event No adverse event (,) to be not assessed to Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) lyophilisate and solvent for solution for injection, and the event Needle issue (,) to be not assessed to Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) lyophilisate and solvent for solution for injection The Nurse considered the event No additional AE to be non-serious, the event Nurse calling to request information on revaccination as they have a patient who received a partial dose of VARIVAX. She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame. She confirmed there was no issue with the syringe, the to be non-serious, and the event She states that a faulty needle that was attached to the syringe was to blame to be non-serious