Alaskan health worker suffers severe allergic reaction minutes after getting COVID vaccine Jami Ganz
A health care worker in Alaska suffered a severe allergic reaction to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine minutes after getting the jab.
Dr. Lindy Jones, the emergency room medical director at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital, said the Juneau woman, whose name was not reported, felt flushed and short of breath Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
Shortly after the vaccines were first administered in Britain last week, resulting in the reporting of a few similar allergic reactions, stateside health authorities called on doctors to keep an eye out for allergic such reactions to the Pfizer and BioNTech collaboration.
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JUNEAU, Alaska Health officials in Alaska reported a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of receiving a shot.
U.S. health authorities warned doctors to be on the lookout for rare allergic reactions when they rolled out the first vaccine, made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. Britain had reported a few similar allergic reactions a week earlier.
The Juneau health worker began feeling flushed and short of breath on Tuesday, says Dr. Lindy Jones, the emergency room medical director at Bartlett Regional Hospital. She was treated with epinephrine and other medicines for what officials ultimately determined was anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction. She was kept overnight but has recovered.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The first vaccines arrived and were administered at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
The administration of the first shipment of 975 COVID-19 vaccines is off to a strong start at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Staff were on hand to cheer the box of precious cargo as it arrived at Bartlett’s front entrance Tuesday afternoon via UPS from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Clinicians wasted no time getting started with inoculations. Pharmacists thawed out vials and filled up syringes. Pharmacy Technician Krischelle Batac drew up the first syringe.
The first vaccination went to virus prevention champion Charlee Gribbon, Infection Preventionist, RN. Next in line Emergency Department Medical Director Dr. Lindy Jones, who can’t wait for his second shot in two weeks. Jones said Tuesday’s historic event gives him hope, “That we’re turning the corner on this awful pandemic. For us healthcare workers, it’s a real sense of relief.”
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JUNEAU, Alaska Health officials in Alaska reported Wednesday that a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of receiving a shot.
U.S. health authorities warned doctors to watch for rare allergic reactions when they rolled out the first vaccine, made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. Britain reported a few similar cases a week earlier. That’s why vaccine recipients are supposed to be observed after getting the shot, in case they need immediate treatment.
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