A nurse has been criticised after administering the wrong vaccination to a toddler in a report released today.
A woman took her 23-month-old son to a medical centre for a vaccination. She requested the Infanrix®-IPV vaccination instead of the Infanrix®-hexa vaccination listed on the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule.
The nurse administered the wrong Infanrix®-hexa to the child.
Two weeks later the mother discovered the vaccination error and reported it to the medical centre.
The Health and Disability report found the registered nurse was in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights.