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It seems relatively well documented that the Covid 19 vaccination can induce VITT as described by Jones(1). Some countries have paused their vaccination with the Astra Zeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccine after balancing advantages against the risk of severe adverse events and availability of alternative vaccines.
We believe that VITT could result from an accidental intravascular injection of the vaccine. We hope that the authors might be able to supplement the case with information on injection technique.
Competing Interests: None declared.References
- Michelle Sholzberg, Donald M. Arnold, Andreas Laupacis. Recognizing, managing and reporting vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. CMAJ 2021;10.1503/cmaj.210882.
- Jones M, Boisvert A, Landry J, Petrasek PF. Limb ischemia and pulmonary artery thrombosis afer the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford–AstraZeneca) vaccine: a case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2021:cmaj.2
- The Joint C. Sentinel Event Glossary of Terms. (https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/deprecated-unorganized/imported-assets/tjc/system-folders/assetmanager/camh_24_se_all_currentpdf.pdf?db=web&hash=CAD6AB3AC78EAFD220CF9ACDD13772C1).