It has been just revealed that the FDA released a warning regarding the wrong COVID vaccine dosage for kids. Check out the details about this matter below.
FDA issues alert regarding COVID vaccines for kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert to health care providers to administer the right dosage of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to kids amid reports that double doses were given to children.
“We are advising healthcare providers who administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to individuals six months through 11 years of age to ensure that the correct volume of the vaccine is withdrawn from the vial so that the correct dose is administered to the vaccine recipient,” the FDA alert said.
The FDA has recently updated a fact sheet for healthcare providers regarding the mRNA vaccine. The updated information clarifies that only 0.25 mL should be withdrawn from the vial, and that any unused vaccine should be discarded, along with the vial.
The agency added it has “become aware that some healthcare providers may not recognize that the single dose vial of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2023-2024 Formula) for use in individuals six months through 11 years of age contains notably more than 0.25 mL of the vaccine. Some healthcare providers may be withdrawing the entire contents of the vial to administer to an individual. However, the volume of a single dose … is only 0.25 mL.”
A 5-year-old girl in North Carolina received a double dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by mistake, according to her mother.
The mother, who remains anonymous, stated that the doctor’s office called her after the shot was administered and informed her of their error.
The woman did not specify which brand of vaccine was given to her daughter, but it’s worth mentioning that the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna have been approved by the FDA for children. It is unclear if the FDA’s health alert was prompted by this specific case in North Carolina.
