Posted on 02/17/2022 7:08:08 PM PST by Atomic Vomit
I am a Registered Nurse and have been for 30 years, I was a Licensed Practical Nurse for 6 years prior to that.
I recently received a couple of emails from the Maine CDC. The first advised that the vaccine for the 6 month to 4 y.o. age group would be available at a forthcoming date pending final approval. It contained information on the dosing for the 6 mos to 4yo age group, stating the following: the dosage is 0.2 ml or 3 mg.
Later that day another email was sent, with the subject line "Correction" Enclosed was the corrected dosage for the aforementioned age group : the dosage is 0.2 ml or 3 mcg. Mcg is the abbreviation for micrograms. There are one thousand micrograms in one milligram(mg). The original email advised a dosage for infants and toddlers 2997 micrograms in excess of the actual recommended dosage !!
As a Registered Nurse, if I had signed off on a doctor's order and made such an error and a patient was harmed, my license would have been suspended or revoked.
I have been in contact with Maine CDC and am awaiting a return call. I am not holding my breath. In healthcare, of necessity there is a chain of responsibility. It is important to know who is responsible for errors and where in the process the error occured so that we can assure that they do not reoccur. I want to know as a citizen of this state that the same holds true for MECDC.
In the hospitals where I trained and worked there was a five-fold process of checks before a patient ever received a medication from a nurse: 1) Physician writes the order 2) Nurse transcribes the order 3) Charge Nurse double-checks the order 4) Pharmacist dispenses the medication 5) Nurse makes final check before giving the medication
At every step there is a signature for responsibility, and what they are responsible for is that it is: 1) the right patient 2) the right drug 3) the right dose 4) the right route (orally, intravenously etc.) 5) the right time interval
With pediatric medications, special care must be taken due to the minute dosages involved, potential for allergies, etc. Mis-reading a decimal point can cause a fatal error so easily!
The error made by the MECDC was a total rookie mistake! I learned the difference between micrograms in Pharmacology class in LPN school. The fact that this got sent out to thousands shows me that there is no one taking ultimate responsibility at that agency. These are not serious people.
I hope to God no children were harmed by this error. Why are there not multiple layers of "fact checkers" at MECDC??
Those decimal places in the metric system are tough.
SMH
OMG, using mg instead of mcg! That is THREE orders of magnitude. I pray no children or infants were harmed by that horrendous error.
Heads should roll right up to the top for that egregious mistake.
You might want to recheck your math Mrs. AV
so this poison doesn’t come prediluted to a children’s dosage?
it’s being cut by staff???
PING
Dose they advised initially = 3 mg (equals 3000 micrograms)
Correct dose = 3 micrograms
3000 - 3 = 2997
never should have let the gov’t anywhere near healthcare.
Anybody who gives a Covid Vaccine to their kid deserves what they get, no matter what the does.
Considering the vaccines for kids this age haven't been authorized or distributed yet I think the kids are safe for now.
No one will be fired if anyone is harmed.
Iatrogenic deaths are well over 250,000 people a year here by docs and nurses. In a multitude of ways things get screwed up.
No one loses a career. Its the only job that allows these killings because “medicine is an art”.
“Vax mw harder, daddy Joe.”
mw=me
No. it must be diluted on-site which is another huge potential for error, especially since I am not convinced they have qualified people giving the injections.
I remember reading that the reason the CDC gave for not stipulating aspiration on injection was that it was too many steps for the trainees to remember(that speaks volumes).
Makes me wonder how many of these terrible adverse reactions are actually caused by overdoses of the vaccine!
Mrs AV
Okay, I have to ask - I keep seeing “SMH” - what does it mean?
The point is, Maine CDC is seen as an authoritative source. The fact that they sent out a directive with an egregiously incorrect dose to thousands tells me that no one is double - checking their work product.
Once again, these are not serious people. I want serious people with a sense of duty and an ethical framework in positions of authority in my state.
Mrs AV
Atomic Vomit wrote:
“Makes me wonder how many of these terrible adverse reactions are actually caused by overdoses of the vaccine!”
Not aspirating the needle (to check for a vein hit) could’ve caused the shot to go into the circulatory system, with the resulting adverse reactions (clots, etc.).
Shake my head.
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