The nurse should have given her the hep B shot but pulled the wrong vial of vaccination. I am concerned of any possible implications. I should be concerned about, such as possible interference with developing her own immunities, side effects, her ability to fight off infection. I have read that there are not many, or any studies done for children under the age of two that have been given this vaccine. I would appreciate any insight you could give me.
Information is very hard to find.
The Pneumovax 23 vaccine is one of two licensed vaccines given to protect against infection with the bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae . Although Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common bacteria found in ear infections, those children who received the vaccine have not been found to get fewer of them. Well, it was soon realized that although this vaccine did prevent the number of ear infections caused by this particular bacteria, the total number of ear infections did not change. In other words, these children simply got ear infections caused by other bacteria. There are many types of these bacteria Notice that the name of the vaccine is Pneumovax 23.