Medical assistant was in the process of administering vaccine (shingrix) to pt when the needle already inside the pt's arm, the vaccine started to leak from the area where the needle gets screwed to the body of the syringe.Our standard syringe is the bd integra syringe and retracting bd precision glide needle.Pt needed to get poked again to receive a complete dose of the vaccine.Pt was understanding.Pt's pcp was informed and she spent extra time explaining to pt about defective syringe and the need to administer a "second" full dose of the vaccine.
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