COVID-19 vaccine vials hold an extra dose
Pharmacists said they learned about the “extra” dose this week. After getting FDA guidance, they began to administer the extra dose to patients. Author: Jennifer Meckles Updated: 10:39 PM MST December 18, 2020
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colorado Across the country, health care providers began administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week.
“We had a little heads up from Pfizer that there may be some overfill in the vials,” said Casey Dugan, Vice President of Pharmacy Services for Children’s Hospital Colorado. “Overfill in a sterile vial is common in pharmaceutical manufacturing. What we didn’t know is how much overfill there would actually be in within the vial.”