Thread by @yanyu247

@GoAHealth @AHS_media -Please help us understand why there is no standardized method to try to maximize our #COVID19 #vaccine supply? Given how limited vaccine supply is, and how few people we have vaccinated so far in #Alberta, seeing this letter was extremely disheartening. 1/2

Other jurisdictions have made efforts to consistently obtain 6 doses per vaccine vial. Why not Alberta? (2/2)
@GlobalCalgary @CBCCalgary

https://twitter.com/yanyu247/status/1343761901591805955?s=20

Also: this @GoAHealth policy is too general and misleading. The @pfizer vaccine and the @moderna_tx vaccine are prepared differently. It is only the Pfizer vaccine that could generate 1 extra dose per vial if prepared precisely. This distinction is key.

https://twitter.com/yanyu247/status/1339809383463587842

This is the FDA’s fact sheet for number of doses in each Pfizer #COVID19 #vaccine vial: 6, not 5.
fda.gov/media/144413/d…
Curious re: why @AHS_media still saying 5 & discouraging nurses/vaccinators from using 6th dose? #abcovid19

@karliwithakay @yycwander @auxonic @TehseenLadha

UPDATE, from AHS lead for Calgary Zone: "AHS staff have been directed to extract an extra dose, if possible, from vials that are being used." Thank you @AHS_media. Curious if this is the case in all provincial zones?

Received clarification that all zones are now being instructed to harvest a full 6th dose from the Pfizer vaccine when possible. Thank you @AHS_media for your flexibility and commitment to reducing vaccine waste!! Appreciate it.

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