Age: 2.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Wrong product administered
Clinical narrative: I would like to report an incident that occurred this morning, October 9, 2024. I went to the Health Department to receive an influenza vaccination for myself and my 2-year-old son. I filled out all the paperwork that I needed to fill out for influenza vaccinations. Both of us were called back to the nurses station to get the influenza vaccination. After I was administered my influenza vaccination, the nurse proceeded to have my son go next. There was no verification of my son?s name, date of birth, or vaccination given. After vaccinations were administered, I was immediately handed pre-completed medical record forms with written lot numbers and vaccination information. When I got to the car, I reviewed the form and I noticed under the seasonal influenza section for my son it was handwritten as ?Pfizer LN 6739?. I called the Health Department as I was concerned that Pfizer was known to me as the COVID-19 vaccine. I was referred to a manager and I headed back into the Health Department. I spoke to the public health service manager, who informed me that my son was incorrectly given a COVID vaccination instead of the influenza vaccination today. After leaving very upset that my child was incorrectly given an unwanted vaccination, an incident report was created. At this point, I am unsure if others have been given ?Pfizer? vaccines for their influenza vaccination. This incident was found on my own, and I am concerned others may also have been inappropriately vaccinated. This incident that occurred is malpractice and pure negligence. A situation like this should have never happened and should be prevented from ever happening again. My child was administered an injection that I did not want him to receive in his body. As a mother, all I want is to make sure I?m protecting my child. I am pro vaccine. My son is up to date on all of his vaccinations except COVID. I understand COVID is a sensitive and controversial subject to the general public. This is not the point of this incident at hand today. I work in the medical field, and I have taken care of COVID patients for the past 4.5 years. I am vaccinated myself for COVID, but I did NOT at all want my child given a COVID vaccination for many reasons including concerns for possible future medical adverse outcomes. One can only hope that my son does not develop any adverse reaction from this unwanted vaccination, but I am documenting this in hope that this incident can prevent someone else from inappropriately be given a vaccination that could be potentially deadly. Furthermore, I am 21 weeks pregnant, and horrifically I could have been given an incorrect vaccination today that could have been detrimental, including death to my unborn child. Having a medical license is a privilege and documentation and verification is a crucial aspect in medicine. Inappropriate care could take someone?s life. This incident that occurred today is a prime example as to why a minimum two step authentication process should be followed for patient care.  I hope action is taken to ensure this will never happen again, especially to an innocent child. Please contact me once reviewing this incident, to let me know what steps are going to be taken in the future to prevent medical errors like this from occurring.