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Report #2888909

Received Mar 13, 2026

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
34 yrs
State
ME
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Mar 12, 2026
Onset
Mar 12, 2026
Days to onset
0
Hospital days

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.2Z015815SC / RA

Symptoms (2)

Extra dose administeredNo adverse event

Symptom narrative

CLIENT IS AN IMMIGRANT RECEIVING VACCINES. NURSE CONFIRMED WITH CLIENT MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE CORRECT SPELLING OF HIS LAST NAME. CLIENT CONFIRMED AS PER WHAT HE WROTE ON VACCINE INTAKE FORM. NURSE LOOKED CLIENT UP IN STATE VACCINE DATA BASE AND CLIENT WAS NOT IN THE SYSTEM. NEW ACCOUNT STARTED FOR HIM AS PER CLINIC STANDARDS. NURSE CONFIRMED WITH CLIENT THE VACCINES THAT HE WAS TO RECEIVE. NURSE SHOWED CLIENT THE VACCINES HE WAS RECEIVING AT TIME OF ADMINISTRATION AND CLIENT CONFIRMED. AFTER RECEIVING VACCINES, CLIENT SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN INTO CLINIC TWO DAYS PRIOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CLIENT HAD INDEED BEEN INTO THE CLINIC BUT HIS LAST NAME WAS SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. AT THIS POINT, THE NURSE DISCOVERED THAT CLIENT HAD RECEIVED HIS FIRST VARICELLA ON THAT DAY (TWO DAYS PRIOR). CLIENT WAS INFORMED OF THIS INCIDENT AT THIS TIME. HE WAS EXPERIENCING NO REACTIONS/ADVERSE EVENTS. THIS EVENT WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY CLIENTS LANGUAGE BARRIER. DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED.

Current illness

NONE

Medical history

NONE

Other medications

NONE

Allergies

NONE

Lab data

NONE