Several health centers lack TBE vaccine – Pages – Corren.se

In the expectation of a new vaccine for the Swedish market, the Swedish Medicines Agency provides for a temporary dispensation to sell the drug in packaging intended for drugstore. other countries, notably Austria, Poland and the Baltic

. Sold in packages of labels and notices that are not in Swedish. The dispute is valid until the end of September. The prognosis predicts that products will return to the Swedish market between July and September, says Eva Arlander, head of pharmaceutical medicine at the Medical Products Agency.

No risk for vaccinated, she does not see because it is a health professional. Spray

Several health centers where the vaccine has expired ask patients to wait or refer to private vaccination clinics.

The Finspång care center received this year as many doses as last year, but that was not enough and the receptions at Rejmyre and Finspång were placed the week before the middle of summer

– When we had to order more vaccines was it up to date? Malin Creutz, head of operations at Närsjukvården in Finspång

who thinks that many people want to be vaccinated this year, think that information on TBE has been more intense than in previous years

. Last year, the number of TBE cases rose sharply, according to the Public Health Authority, 391 cases were reported nationwide. Of these, 26 were found in Östergötland

– For many years there was a concentration in the Omberg areas, but now we see it in several places in the county. So, of course, it's a little difficult to know exactly where and when you have ticks, "explains Britt Åkerlind, an infectious disease doctor in Östergötland.

For many years, the population density is so important that Östergötland is considered

Up to this year, two cases have been identified

– Both in June, but we know by experience that the big puck will come in August and September, says Britt Åkerlind.

In Sörmland, which has long been classified as a risk area, children and adolescents under the age of 19 have the right to be vaccinated free of charge. This is not relevant to Östergötland, every health center decides it wants to offer its patients the opportunity to vaccinate against TBE.

Britt Åkerlind believes that TBE vaccine development needs to be closely monitored. vaccination program

– We are not so affected in Östergötland, since there are 26 cases of a population of nearly half a million. There are other vaccines that can be considered more important, I think.

There are several private vaccination clinics specializing in the administration of the TBE vaccine. One of those who regularly has a bus in a Norrköping shopping center is the Vaccinkliniken of Nyköping.

– We know that it is a big pressure in Norrköping. Even for us, the vaccines go up and down, but we'll be back in a few days, "said Harald Zetterquist, intensive care physician and Vaccinkliniken partner.

The vaccination clinic has secured his deliveries and Harald Zetterquist is well aware that there is criticism that vaccination clinics have been planned and purchased in much of the vaccine that has been available.

– For us, vaccinations are done and our main activity is being done (the essence of the editorial comments). Health centers are hard to focus on vaccinations because you have a lot of other tasks to do, he says.