H1N1 Recall

At first glance, news that 800,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine were being recalled will likely get many parents worried. Is there something wrong with the vaccine? Will it make their kids sick?

Fortunately, the H1N1 is still considered to a safe vaccine, but some lots are being recalled because routine stability testing has found that they aren’t as potent as they are supposed to be. This includes four lots of Sanofi Pasteur’s pediatric H1N1 vaccine in 0.25 mL pre-filled syringes.

Since there are no concerns about the safety of the vaccine and many of the children who got the recalled vaccine will likely still need a second dose of H1N1 vaccine, this is one recall that parents don’t need to be too concerned about. Even if a child got two doses of recalled vaccine, these recalled vaccines are still thought to be strong enough to protect kids from the swine flu.

Did your child get a recalled vaccine? Your pediatrician will be able to soon learn if they have had any recalled H1N1 vaccine in their office and which patients they gave it to. Many will likely notify parents, even though no action is required by the parent, if their child received a recalled vaccine.

Also keep in mind that the vaccine in the H1N1 recall (800,000 doses) is a small part of the overall number of H1N1 vaccine doses that are now available (86 million), so you can still get your kids a swine flu vaccine, even after they remove the recalled doses.

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source : pediatrics.about.com

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