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Group of Canadians Accidentally Receive Saline Injection Instead of COVID-19 Vaccine
On 4/21/21 at 5:02 PM EDT
A clinic in Ontario, Canada, accidentally injected a group of patients with saline instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The incident occurred at Mackenzie Health s COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital in Vaughan, Ontario. Mackenzie Health, a Canada-based healthcare provider, reported that the incident included six individuals.
In a statement issued on Monday, Mackenzie Health wrote: On Sunday, March 28, six individuals received an injection of saline instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Mackenzie Health COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic.
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According to Mackenzie Health, receiving a saline injection does not cause any harm, as it is used to dilute the COVID-19 vaccine before administration. However, the statement noted that this should not have happened.
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PPE must guard against airborne transmission of COVID-19, nurses union demands
The Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) is demanding better personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect its members from the aerosol and asymptomatic spread of COVID-19.
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Posted: Apr 20, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 20
Nurses with the William Osler Health System perform COVID-19 testing at a drive-in centre near Etobicoke General Hospital in Toronto on April 14, 2020.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) is demanding better personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect its members from the aerosol and asymptomatic spread of COVID-19.
In an application for judicial review filed in February, the ONA said the province hasn t done enough to protect health-care workers from COVID-19, singling out a directive from Ontario s chief medical officer of health as inadequate.
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