Comments on: Lack of flu-shot safety device poses problem for worker http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2008/11/lack-of-flu-shot-safety-device-poses-problem-for-worker/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bill Kincaid http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2008/11/lack-of-flu-shot-safety-device-poses-problem-for-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Bill Kincaid Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:43:14 +0000 http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=554#comment-70 And that's business for you - a product designed with little attention to what the end-user truly needs, but successfully marketed and sold to our purchasing departments, possibly sight unseen; delivered untested and unapproved to the people with the expertise who will be required to use it. Sometimes I think we succeed in spite of ourselves. And that’s business for you – a product designed with little attention to what the end-user truly needs, but successfully marketed and sold to our purchasing departments, possibly sight unseen; delivered untested and unapproved to the people with the expertise who will be required to use it.

Sometimes I think we succeed in spite of ourselves.

]]> By: NJ Merritt, RN http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2008/11/lack-of-flu-shot-safety-device-poses-problem-for-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-36 NJ Merritt, RN Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:40:49 +0000 http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=554#comment-36 Are you aware that the flu vaccine from Glaxo Smith Kline comes in a prefilled syringe with latex components? This is not mentioned in the package insert, but rather in 2 lines on the box that are not even in bold face print.This requires completion of a latex sensitivity questionnaire to protect the recipient and the person administering the vaccine. I have contacted the company and am awaiting a reply. This is hard to believe in the latex free environment in which we all practice in the United States. Buyer Beware. Are you aware that the flu vaccine from Glaxo Smith Kline comes in a prefilled syringe with latex components? This is not mentioned in the package insert, but rather in 2 lines on the box that are not even in bold face print.This requires completion of a latex sensitivity questionnaire to protect the recipient and the person administering the vaccine.

I have contacted the company and am awaiting a reply.

This is hard to believe in the latex free environment in which we all practice in the United States.

Buyer Beware.

]]> By: Laura Hall, RN,MPH,CIC http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2008/11/lack-of-flu-shot-safety-device-poses-problem-for-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Laura Hall, RN,MPH,CIC Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:38:40 +0000 http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=554#comment-29 Not only did we receive syringes with no safety needle, the needles were also too short to administer an IM injection to anyone over 130#. We had to re-administer many shots, as SQ administration does not deliver the flu vaccine adequately. There was nothing in the vaccine info from Novartis to indicate limited usage. I have contacted the company and am awaiting their full response. Not only did we receive syringes with no safety needle, the needles were also too short to administer an IM injection to anyone over 130#. We had to re-administer many shots, as SQ administration does not deliver the flu vaccine adequately. There was nothing in the vaccine info from Novartis to indicate limited usage.
I have contacted the company and am awaiting their full response.

]]> By: Debbie Smoyer http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2008/11/lack-of-flu-shot-safety-device-poses-problem-for-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Debbie Smoyer Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:02:28 +0000 http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=554#comment-21 I had to scramble to get safety device needles for my employees while I gave 80 plus flu shots without them. Our facility is now safe. I had to scramble to get safety device needles for my employees while I gave 80 plus flu shots without them. Our facility is now safe.

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