Skåne continues with syringes without stick protection
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Region Skåne continues with the syringes that enable a seventh dose of vaccine from Pfizers-Biontech's packaging, despite the fact that they lack puncture protection. Stock Photography.Picture: Claudio Bresciani/TT Syringes without puncture protection can continue to be used in vaccinations against covid-19, Region Skåne assesses. The care association has pointed to extra risk of injury for the staff who carry out the vaccinations, but Skåne's vaccine coordinator points to the special circumstances that prevail during the pandemic. – One must keep in mind that it is a pandemic vaccination we are carrying out now and that there are special circumstances. The Swedish Work Environment Authority has actually granted an exemption for using needles without sting protection, says vaccine coordinator Per Hagström to P4 Malmöhus. He also refers to the fact that according to the risk and impact assessment that has been carried out, there is a low risk of staff being injured. Region Skåne is a of the few regions in Sweden that have succeeded in obtaining syringes that make it possible to obtain a seventh dose of vaccine from Pfizers-Biontech's packaging. The syringes have been used in the region since the beginning of May. But the problem is that the new syringes lack puncture protection that can be folded up over the syringe when it has been used.