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Redoing vaccinations---help

StarkmStarkm member
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I have been a long time lurker....I have found many of your stories and question very helpful. I need some risk vs reward help if you would be so kind to weigh in.

I have received notification that all but 4 of my daughters immunization may have been compromised due to two different occasion when their refrigeration was at less than optimal temperatures for approximately 12 hrs.... To cover the doctors office liability they are telling me to repeat all vaccines since her 2 month appointment ( her birth and 12 month are fine)

This isn't sitting well with me. I am not looking for a new pediatrician or to go after the doctors office for negligence... I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. It is ultimately mine and my husbands choice to repeat or not. It just isn't sitting well, I keep thinking that doubling up 10 months of vaccines can't be the safest option and won't have any ill side effects ( besides normal cranky/ irritability)

Thank you for your time and letting me vent

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Re: Redoing vaccinations---help

  • Monkeybutt80Monkeybutt80 member
    I personally have not. But, I think I have heard of repeating vaccines in adoption cases due to lack of records, or unreliable records. I believe there are also blood tests that can be done to see if you have been vaccinated/ immunized for certain things Hep and measles? (I am a little unclear on which ones). I would recommend you sit down with a pediatrician and talk about possible side effects of each vaccine when repeated. Good luck. 
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  • momofcatanmomofcatan member
    I would probably also be feeling weary of doubling up on so many vaccines, but I also know that I know NOTHING about this. I would gather as many details as possible and then get a second opinion from another medical professional. Maybe your friends have a pediatrician or family doctor they like. Or maybe see if you can talk to someone a local children's hospital.

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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    This is tough but here are my thoughts.  My memory is already fried - how many visits did this span?  What I'm trying to figure out is was this a case of one person making a mistake one day or did this happen multiple times?  If it was more than a one time mistake, I personally WOULD be looking for a new office and "going after" the office.  

    As to your question about their guidance I would, at a minimum, contact another doctor for a second opinion.  I don't think your current office would knowingly ask you to do something that is harmful but they have, so far, not shown that they are overwhelmingly trustworthy so I would have serious issue taking their word in this situation.
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  • StarkmStarkm member
    The day I went in for her 12 month appointment they informed me that they discovered that morning that their vaccine fridge was not working properly there for it was being replaced (I saw the new one being installed) all vaccines were disposed of and they were apologetic that they would not be able to vaccinate her that day. She has since had her 12 m vaccinations.

    I guess after they removed the fridge they did an inquiry as to if that had happened previously ( I guess there is a way to get a read out of all temps during its use) on two different days from a time period starting April 23rd 2013... ( before she was even born) But vaccines are tracked by batches and the ones she received were in the fridge at that time.

    The other issue is I am in a minority there... It is a small town and they only have a handful of newborns each year so most of the 400 people that they are revaccinating are only needing one maybe two vaccines...
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  • BunnyLove416BunnyLove416 member
    I can't say if I would revaccinate but I can say for sure I would find a new doctor and go over my concerns with them before I made my choice. 
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  • Lizzybizzy80Lizzybizzy80 member
    kari5186 said:

    I'd definitely be furious with the pedis office and find a new one. I used to work in a hospital and we had to record the fridge temp 2x per day every day from an independent thermometer that sat inside. It is not hard to prevent things like this from happening.

    +1 I don't think legal action will get you very far here, personally.

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  • PinkPuffyHeart2PinkPuffyHeart2 member
    Wow, sorry you are in this spot. Not sure what I would do in your shoes but I think you've gotten some good advice here.

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  • ilovemarfailovemarfa member
    I know they did a rubella and a dtap titer on me when I was pregnant. I don't know if you have to be a certain age for it to be done but I definitely know that they checked me. I had a terrible reaction to a tetanus shot about 6 years back and since the pertussis vaccine is combined with tetanus now they didn't want to administer it and have me have a reaction (my arm was rock solid, swollen- like 2 times normal size and red for 2 months after the tetanus shot). My titers came back that I had immunity still so I didn't get it.
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  • kelly422kelly422 member
    They may have individual pertussis, tetanus, etc titers but I've never heard of them done in Peds but maybe? I know the hep b, MMR, and chk pox titers are more commonly done. A positive titer still doesn't necessarily guaranty full immunity though.
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