[US pharmacists recommend mixing residual doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Food and Drug Administration shouts to stop: It is easy to breed bacteria] NBC reported on the 23rd that for millions of people across the United States queuing for COVID-19 vaccines, the US health department i

[US pharmacists recommend mixing residual dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Food and Drug Administration shouts to stop: It is easy to breed bacteria] NBC reported on the 23rd that for millions of people across the United States queuing for COVID-19 vaccines, the US health department is tired of responding to the growing demand for vaccines. Some American pharmacists boldly recommend: mix the residual COVID-19 vaccines together to form a complete dose. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) objected, saying that neither Pfizer nor Moderna vaccines contain preservatives, and if mixed, it will increase the risk of bacterial growth. "To be honest, the COVID-19 vaccine is more valuable than liquid gold," said Melanie Massiwhite, chief pharmacy officer of the Virginia nonprofit hospital network "Enova Health System". Some pharmacists in the United States said that the remaining medicine in one bottle is mixed with the medicine in another bottle as a complete dose, which has been used for many years on drugs including flu vaccines, chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, and other drugs. A simple solution could help increase the number of people getting the COVID-19 vaccine every week. In this regard, the Food and Drug Administration clearly stipulates that pharmacists and other clinicians cannot mix the remaining COVID-19 vaccines, because the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines do not contain preservatives, and if mixed, they can easily breed bacteria. Multi-dose drugs and other drugs are prone to cross-contamination, resulting in severe bacterial infections. If one bottle is contaminated, mixed use will spread the contamination to other bottles, prolonging the survival time of the pathogen and increasing the possibility of disease transmission. (Overseas Network; YM)

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