Eunkyung Jeong
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung expressed a negative position on the opinion that the number of vaccinations could be increased by using a’low dead space (LDS) syringe’. Earlier, the head of the National Medical Center Chung Ki-hyun said that the number of people vaccinated per bottle of Pfizer vaccine could be increased from 6 to 7 by using an LSD syringe. The minimal residual syringe is a special syringe designed with little space between the piston and the needle to minimize discarded vaccine.
Special syringe to minimize vaccine disposal
Since the remaining amount is not constant, we do not change the standard
In principle, 10 people per bottle of AZ, 6 people Pfizer
Commissioner Jeong drew a line on the 1st, saying, “It is correct to inoculate in accordance with the original licensed content and usage.” For that reason, he explained, “Because the occurrence of the residual amount is not constant, it is unpredictable and can put a burden on the medical staff.” At the same time, he dismissed, “There is no plan to change the standard because there is a difference in the skill level and remaining amount of the inoculation.
Usually, some remaining amount is left when the drug is drawn with a syringe from the vial. LDS syringes in particular may have a higher residual quantity. Accordingly, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention has guided the use of vaccination according to the judgment of the on-site medical staff if the remaining amount is more than one dose. Because of that, a misunderstanding has arisen that one more person will be vaccinated per bottle of vaccine with an LDS syringe. However, this is only a guideline so that you can flexibly respond to unexpected and unexpected situations.
In particular, it is not allowed to make one serving by collecting the remaining amount from several bottles. Chung said, “It is absolutely forbidden to collect the remaining amount and inoculate it,” he said. Currently, AstraZeneca is inoculated into 10 people per bottle and Pfizer is inoculated in small doses of 6 people.
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