Manitoba Health says mother and three-year-old given COVID-19 vaccine by mistake
Manitoba Health says a mother and her three-year-old were each mistakenly given an adult dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine instead of a flu shot.
The department says in a statement that the error happened Nov. 24 in Brandon, which is located in the Prairie Mountain Health region in western Manitoba.
Manitoba Health says the mother was told what happened after the fact and was given information about the risks, which it adds are low.
The department could not confirm if it was the first time someone was given a COVID-19 vaccine by mistake but did say medication errors do occur, although rarely.
The statement adds that the person who immunized the mother and daughter recognized and reported the error to a supervisor and no further action will be taken against that person.
Manitoba Health says staff from the health region have reached out to the family to discuss what happened as well as to provide an update on an investigation into the error.
"Patient safety is a critical aspect of all health-care services in Manitoba. We are constantly reviewing our processes to ensure that our systems support our staff in preventing errors," the department said in the statement Friday.
"In this case ... our team reviewed the existing processes to make adjustments that would help avoid a similar error from occurring in the future."
A representative for Prairie Mountain Health referred all questions to Manitoba Health.
Health Canada said it is not in charge of immunization monitoring and could not comment on whether the error has occurred in other parts of the country.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2021.
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