Ema and Aifa disagree on the syringes requested by Arcuri for the Pfizer vaccine
What Aifa and Ema say and don't say about Pfizer's anti Covid vaccine syringes
Vaccine day is now over. And after the usual photos of the first administrations of a drug that should free us from Covid-19 and make us return to normal, the vaccination should continue with regularity (hopefully).
Among the first to be vaccinated are doctors, nurses and health workers who have given consent. One vaccinates, writes Aifa, with luer lock syringes, ordered by the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri on indications from Health, despite the higher cost than standard syringes and difficult to find. Wrong choice? Yes for the EMA, but Arcuri's moves are not subject to judgment (not even by the Court of Auditors). Let's go step by step.
AIFA'S ADVICE ON SYRINGES
After Commissioner Arcuri's order of luer lock syringes for the administration of Pfizer's anti Covid vaccines, Aifa in its “leaflet” on Covid-19 mRNA BNT162b2 (Comirnaty) also talks about the use of syringes with blocked needle.
“The vaccination will be carried out with a special disposable sterile syringe equipped with a needle locking system (Luer Lock) to avoid accidental detachments; the disposable sterile needles are also equipped with a locking attachment: used syringes must not be re-capped (Ministerial Decree 28/9/89) and will be immediately deposited in special disposal containers ".
THE INDICATIONS OF THE EMA ON SYRINGES
We do not read of luer lock syringes, however, in Ema's indications. “After dilution, the vial contains 2.25 mL, corresponding to 5 doses of 0.3 mL. Aspirate the required dose from 0.3 mL of diluted vaccine using a sterile needle ”, reads the Ema report“ Summary of Product Characteristics ”.
LUER LOCK: MORE CAREFUL AND DIFFICULT TO FIND
Why then did Italy order luer locks ? For the "performance", explained Arcuri during the press conferences in recent days. According to the Commissioner, not a drop of the vaccine is wasted with luer lock syringes.
It is a pity, however, that these are syringes that cost more than the classic ones and that are more difficult to find, even according to industry insiders.
ARCURI IMMUNE TO "JUDGMENT"
An order that could have been avoided? Perhaps, but it matters little to Commissioner Arcuri who, writes La Verità , "enjoys almost unlimited powers and has special special accounts to carry out these tasks" and is "protected by a 'shield' thanks to which he does not have to answer for any responsibilities in the administrative and accounting field ".
THE ARTICLE OF CURA ITALIA
An article 122 of Cura Italia guarantees the protection of Commissioner Arcuri: "in relation to contracts relating to the purchase of goods (…) as well as for any other negotiable act resulting from the urgent need to deal with the emergency (… ) put in place by the commissioner and by the implementing bodies, Article 29 of the Council of Ministers of 22 November 2010, containing “Discipline of financial and accounting autonomy of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers”, does not apply. Arcuri escapes the control of the budget office.
ARCURI ESCAPES THE CONTROL OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS
And also to the control of the Court of Auditors, based on what La Verità writes . “These acts are also removed from the control of the Court of Auditors”. And again, the law states: "the accounting and administrative responsibility is in any case limited only to cases in which the intent of the official or agent who put them in place or who executed them has been ascertained". Translated, the Truth writes, it is not possible to proceed against Arcuri even in the case of gross negligence.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/ema-e-aifa-non-concordano-sulle-siringhe-chieste-da-arcuri-per-il-vaccino-pfizer/ on Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:08:43 +0000.