The boss of an Australian contractor at the centre a Covid vaccine overdose bungle at a nursing home has stood down.
A 94-year-old woman and an 88-year-old man were given too much of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday, the second day of Australia s vaccination rollout, at Holy Spirit aged care home at Carseldine, Queensland.
Healthcare Australia, a company contracted by the federal government to give vaccines in aged care homes, was put on notice after an investigation found the doctor who administered the jab had not completed immunisation training.
The doctor has since been stood down from the vaccination program, and on Thursday afternoon was joined by Haelthcare Australia chief executive Jason Cartwrigth.
Two Queensland aged care residents were given more than the prescribed dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Here is a look at how Australia's healthcare systems are designed to make sure that doesn't happen again.
A GP who gave two Brisbane care home patients four times the recommended dose of the Covid-19 vaccine had not been trained in how to administer the jab.
Published February 24, 2021
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It turns out a Queensland doctor who gave two people an overdose off the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine hadn’t completed the necessary training. They’ve now been stood down for obvious reasons.
Patients are supposed to receive two doses of the Pfizer vaccine three weeks apart. However on Tuesday, the doctor in question actually gave two doses consecutively to two people aged 88 and 94 at Brisbane’s Holy Spirit Nursing Home. There are even reports the two residents revived four doses in total.
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