FDA warns against needle-free flu vaccine
Monday, October 24, 2011
FDA warns against needle-free flu vaccine
By: Mitsi Crane, Columbus Dispatch
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned against giving
flu shots with needle-free injectors.
Several retailers who have been administering vaccines with the
devices have stopped.
The FDA has approved the use of jet injectors only for the vaccine
against measles, mumps and rubella and has no data to support its
use for other vaccines, the agency said.
It was unclear as of this morning whether those people who've
already been vaccinated with an injector should be
re-vaccinated.
"We're still looking into the issue and unfortunately at this very
moment, we can't answer that question, but we hope to be able to
very, very soon," said Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.