Half a dozen cases of SIRVA this flu season thus far. Not just a little localized tenderness. This is substantial impairment requiring work restrictions, weeks out from day of administration.
It’s behaving like a subacromial or subdeltoid bursitis.
Same group of nurses administering year-to-year with 1” needles.
Do your vaccine administrators use weight-based calculation to determine needle length?
Ed Galaid
Edward I. Galaid, MD, MPH
ABIM, ABPM
Medical Director, Occupational Health Partners
Roper St . Francis Charleston, SC
Member, ACOEM Task Group on Medical Guidance for Law Enforcement Officers
Member, NFPA 1582 Writing Group - NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Fighter Safety and Health
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