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Report #2898389

Received May 29, 2026

ER / ED visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
30 yrs
State
CT
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
May 19, 2026
Onset
May 21, 2026
Days to onset
2
Hospital days

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
TDAPTDAP (BOOSTRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS172NF3ID / LA

Symptoms (6)

Incorrect route of product administrationInjection site cellulitisInjection site erythemaInjection site swellingProduct administered at inappropriate siteWrong product administered

Symptom narrative

I MADE A MEDICAL ERROR BY ADMINISTERING A TDAP VACCINE VIA INTRADERMAL INSYEAD OF THE PPD VACCINE HE WAS SUPPOSE TO RECIEVED IN THE LEFT LOWER FOREARM AT 3:20PM ON 5/19/2026 DURING HIS PHYSICAL EXAM, AND I REPORTED TO THE PROVIDER THAT WAS ON THAT DAY AND THEN I NOTIFY THE PATIENT BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY DONE WITH HIS APPOINTMENT I CALLED AND TOLD HIM THE EVENT, AND HE CAME BACK TO GET THE RIGHT VACCINE IN HIS RIGHT LOWER FOREARM WITH NO ISSUES.PT REPORT TO THE URGENT CARE THAT HE WAS SEEN IN THE ER ON 5/21/2026 @ 5:20PM DUE TO SYMPTOMS HE WAS EXERPRIENCE SWOLLENNESS AND REDNESS TO THE INJECTION SITE THE DOCTOR AT THE ER DX HIM WITH CELLULITIS AND PRESRCIIBED ANTIBIOTIC

Current illness

N/A

Medical history

N/A

Other medications

NO

Allergies

NO KNOWN ALLERGIES