Better to blame less because nobody wants to be liable.
This is common practice in the corona vaccination centers in Bavaria.
A family doctor denounces this.
Other countries use the whole bottle.
Neu-Ulm - Dr.
Christian Kröner from Neu-Ulm (Swabia) has finally burst the collar.
The general practitioner publicly denounced
the common vaccination practice in Bavaria in
Bild am Sonntag
: “I work on a daily basis in a vaccination center in Bavaria,” he told the newspaper, “there, only six doses are vaccinated from each vial of Biontech vaccine - the seventh dose remains in the bottle and is disposed of under supervision in a waste incineration plant.
Two cans from Astrazeneca * bottles even end up in the trash. "
Family doctor from Bavaria denounces: Hundreds of thousands of corona vaccination doses end up in the garbage
The Bavarian Ministry of Health confirms
this practice to
the
BamS
on request and refers to the approval of the EMA.
And that's also true: The EU's highest drug authority has just decided that a maximum of six vaccine doses can be used from a Biontech * bottle and ten doses from a Astrazeneca bottle.
What is left then has to be disposed of.
Corona vaccine ends up in the garbage in Bavaria - Ministry confirms practice
There is also a background to this: A spokesman for the Association of
Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
recently emphasized to the
NDR
that the risk * would increase if air was drawn in and bubbles formed or if the dose was incomplete.
Nevertheless, it is of course advisable to inoculate as much vaccine as possible.
Family doctor Kröner from Neu-Ulm is furious that this is exactly what is officially prohibited in Bavaria.
It costs human lives, he says.
According to his own calculation, around half a million vaccine doses ended up in the garbage in Bavaria alone.
He himself openly admits that both Astrazeneca and Biontech empty the bottles down to the last drop.
From 100 officially delivered vaccination doses, Kröner creates 117 doses.
Vaccine residues in the vials: Holetschek leaves it to the doctors
Bavaria's Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) also comments on
the accusation in response
to a
BamS
request: “Taking a seventh dose is not provided for in the approval and is not possible in all cases.
But I welcome any additional vaccination that is made possible in this way. "
A not atypical statement for political decision-makers in the Corona crisis. * In doing so, Holetschek indirectly shifts responsibility to the vaccinating doctors.
In the end - as is so often the case in this pandemic - you have to decide for yourself.
Kröner and his colleagues are legally embarking on a dangerous path.
You knowingly and without backing the Bavarian policy oppose the EMA regulation.
If something goes wrong with the vaccination, they stick.
Darn seventh dose of Biontech: Use is allowed in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
In other countries they are further along - at least as far as Biontech is concerned.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the seventh dose of Biontech has been inoculated since February, officially sanctioned by the local Ministry of Health.
The same is true in the Netherlands.
The prerequisite here: 0.3 milliliters of vaccine must remain in the vial, then you can also be vaccinated as a seventh dose.
The seventh dose can now also be officially vaccinated in Lower Saxony.
At Astrazeneca, however, the decision-makers are still silent.
Although various experts have already confirmed that at least an eleventh dose could easily be obtained.
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