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Report #2898116

Received May 28, 2026

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
Age unknown
State
AZ
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
May 3, 2026
Onset
May 3, 2026
Days to onset
0
Hospital days

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.1Z008872OT

Symptoms (2)

No adverse eventProduct storage issue

Symptom narrative

No additional AE; TE evaluation for VARIVAX and stated that the product was administered.; This spontaneous report was received from a pharmacy technician and refers to a patient of unknown age and gender. The patient's concurrent conditions, medical history, previous drug reactions, drug allergies and concomitant therapies were not reported. On 03-May-2026, the patient was vaccinated with an improperly stored first dose of Varicella Virus Vaccine Live (Oka-Merck) (VARIVAX) 0.5 mL, given intramuscularly, involved lot # Z008872 has been verified to be valid with expiration date: 14-May-2027, and which was reconstituted in a sterile diluent syringe (BAXTER STERILE DILUENT), lot # Z009739 has been verified to be valid with expiration date: 25-Apr-2028; given as prophylaxis (Site administration not reported). The administered dose of the vaccine experienced a temperature excursion from 72F (47°F to 77°F) for 1 hours 0 minutes. No previous temperature excursion was reported. There was no adverse effect reported. No product quality complaint was involved.

Other medications

DILUENT MRK INJ