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A clinic in northern Colorado is advising parents of children who received a pediatric flu shot from its offices to get tested for some blood-borne diseases, including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, after vaccine syringes were shared between patients, 9News reported.
Med Peds Clinic of Fort Collins sent out a letter April 6 stating that a medical assistant at the office took the pre-measured children’s influenza vaccine and gave only half to each child, assuming it was the adult dosage.
The clinic said some of the half- used vaccines were then used inadvertently on children returning for their second shots.
Denver Post staff and wire reports
