To prevent mistakes and accidents in vaccination with the new coronavirus, Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, has begun an initiative to summarize cases of mistakes that have occurred nationwide and have medical professionals use them.
The "Accident Casebook" created by Toda City in late May is presumed to be a case where mistakes actually occurred in six items such as the expiration date of vaccines and the handling of syringes, based on the reported information. The causes are summarized.
Of these, in the case where the temperature inside the refrigerator rose and 20 times were discarded, the cause was that the adapter connecting the power cord was loose.
In addition, in the case where a man was inoculated twice a day at a mass inoculation site, the cause was insufficient confirmation by the information desk.
In addition, there are cases where the concentration when diluting the vaccine with physiological saline is incorrect, and Toda City will send this casebook by e-mail to medical institutions cooperating with vaccination, and in the future, It means collecting information from countries and prefectures and updating the contents.
Toda City says, "I want you to read what happened in other local governments to prevent it."