Seeking advice - Nurse gave infant adult vaccine.
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My wife took our child in for a 1 month appointment. They asked my wife if she wanted to give the child the RSV antinbody shot and she agreed. Later that day the doctor called and said the nurse mistakenly gave a full dose of the adult RSV vaccine. I don't what to do. Im tracking down what brand they gave and what lot number, ill update asap.
It’s fine. RSV vaccine is just some proteins to teach the body what RSV looks like. The reasons infants don’t get it is because their immune system is not yet mature so they won’t learn what RSV looks like the same way an adult immune system will. It’s harmless.
This is a new antibody protein shot and we don’t know it’s “harmless”. Doctors don’t even understand how an infant immune system works. The immune system you are talking about doesn’t work that way until 2 years of age, before then it’s a guessing game.