> Could it have been that the people giving the vaccines at the boarding > facility didn't really know how/where to properly give a vaccine? If > they injected into a blood vessel that might have caused a reaction, > if not even a dangerous one. I did hit a vessel on one of the vaccines > I gave this year--when I got blood back into the syringe I ended up > throwing out the vaccine and buying a new one. There was too much > blood in the syringe to try for a second hit safely. > > Robyn
Getting vaccine into a blood vessel is always a no-no! Robyn, you could avoid wasting vaccine by sticking the needle in without the syringe attached. You can give an injection that way so horse hardly feels is by flicking the needle in really fast. And if you hit a blood vessel you see it right away because blood will come out, then all you have to do is reposition the needle and then attach the syringe. Anneliese
