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The controversy over syringes injecting the anti-Covid vaccine does not seem to come out. It justified the purchase, at twice the price compared to normal syringes, of particular precision devices to obtain an extra dose from each vial, reports Super Commissioner Domenico Arcuri Free who has collected the complaints of health professionals, delivers the syringes that do not work to the Regions.
The LombardyAfter the storm due to the delay in the administration of the assigned vaccine doses (stopped at 3.9%), on Monday, January 4, it is ready to begin with the vaccination campaign of doctors, health workers and guests of RSA, at a rate of 10 15 thousand daily inoculations. Along with the 80,595 doses delivered to the region, the special commissioner also sent thousands of essential super syringes to get 20% more of the precious serum from each Pfizer brand vial.
Each vial contains 5 doses of Vaccine for COVID-19 from 0.3 ml. Once thawed from the fridge at -70 degrees, the solution must be diluted, also using a very common 1 ml syringe fitted with plugs. It is a pity, however, the doctors denounce, that around 40% of the 5 ml devices sent from Rome, 8 thousand out of 20 thousand, are not only not of the precision type. luer lock, but it is completely inappropriate. And reports Free, many Lombard hospitals will be forced to use their own supplies of syringes.
But the Arcuri scam doesn’t just concern Lombardy. The same error also in Liguria. Where, as confirmed by President Giovanni Toti, syringes stored in hospitals are being used, because many of the devices that arrived are 3 and 5 ml. Insufficient to be able to extract the 0.3 ml of serum necessary for each dose.
In addition to the failure of the syringe, the success of the campaign is above all the medical staff shortage necessary to perform vaccinations. The announcement, released by Commissioner Arcuri, for the hiring of doctors and nurses expired on December 28. But, for now, nothing is known about the recruitment and employment agencies chosen to hire staff. Problems, disorders and setbacks that increasingly transform the promise of immunity for all into an unattainable goal.
