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Which clinics had Novartis h1n1 shot?
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Anonymous
| Which of the clinics have carried this low-thimerisol brand? Someone said the Cordoza one in DC did yesterday. Any others? |
Anonymous
Start calling all the clinics and ask. |
Anonymous
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From what this table shows, Novartis is not actually that different - the difference is multi-dose vial v. single-dose vial or pre-filled syringe. In fact, it looks like the Novartis single-doses have trace amounts, while the Sanofi and CSL do not:
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm If you can find single-dose vaccines, that's your best bet if you want to avoid thimerosal. However, I think most of what has shipped thus far is multi-dose vials. (Depending on how the clinic is organized, there may be one nurse filling syringes and handing them out to the shot-givers, so not seeing your dose withdrawn from a multi-use vial may not mean you're getting a single-dose formulation.) |