FARMINGTON, Utah – Davis County Health Department officials admitted Tuesday a mistake that will require more than 50 people to receive a third shot.
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In a statement to FOX 13, the department said 53 people were injected with “saline” on Saturday, not a vaccine, due to a mixing error at the county’s Farmington clinic. The person who administered the inappropriate vaccine was new to the process and immediately contacted the clinic leaders.
The department said most of the 53 people had already received the third shot with the right dose of vaccine.
“This is a very rare event, but everyone is human and everyone makes mistakes, and this is a mistake that the health department has,” the department said.
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Since then, new controls and procedures have been instituted by the health department. In addition, officials have gone through procedures with all vaccinators and provide more training “to those who feel they need it.”