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Poor vaccine injection technique

Posted By grampusr

"Poor vaccine injection technique"

About: NHS Grampian / Vaccination Service

(as the patient),

I have received my  vaccine today and there was quite significant bleeding at the vaccination injection site. The nurse did not do the aspiration technique prior to injecting the vaccine to ensure the needle is intramuscular (as it should) and not inside a blood vessel or subcutaneous. This bad injection technique is the prime reason for the serious complications that have been reported with this and other COVID vaccines. You have to educate and train your nurses, doctors and vaccinators and make the aspiration technique part of their competency-based assessments. I also hold them fully responsible for any side effects and complications that might occur to me. Thanks. References:

Inadvertent injection of COVID-19 vaccine into deltoid muscle vasculature may result in vaccine distribution to distance tissues and consequent adverse reactions: https://pmj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/10/06/postgradmedj-2021-141119

Inadvertent intravenous injections of COVID vaccines (Dr John Campbell): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBaIRm4610o

Aspirate to vaccinate! (Dr John Campbell): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuyAtvwP2H4

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Response from NHS Grampian 3 years ago
NHS Grampian

Submitted on 11/01/2022 at 17:02
Published on Care Opinion on 12/01/2022 at 09:49

Dear grampusr

Thank you for getting in touch regarding your Covid 19 Vaccination.

Unfortunately, bleeding can occur at the injection site, but it will cease relativity quickly. Aspiration is not recommended and not used in COVID 19 vaccinations.

If you have any other questions then please get in touch with the team at gram.fevcmoray@nhs.scot

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Update posted by grampusr (the patient)

The State Serum Institute of Denmark now recommends injection aspiration before injecting COVID-19 vaccine. In New Zealand, the Immunisation Advisory Centre has this optional recommendation for vaccinators: "We are aware that occasionally consumers are requesting that the vaccinators aspirate the needle prior to administration of the COVID vaccine. There is no danger associated with accommodating the consumer's requests. In the unlikely event that you did see any blood in the syringe after doing this, we would recommend revaccinating with a new syringe and needle."

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