Pune: This country faces a lack of automatic disability syringes with a capacity of 0.5 milliliters – the most preferred variant for covid vaccination – for almost three weeks now.
Medical equipment distributors confirm the development.
The source of the district health department also told TII that there were short supply reports of the syringe variants in government vaccination centers.
Rajiv Nath, President of the All India Syringe & Needle Manufacturers Association (AISNMA), and MD Hindustan injections and limited medical devices, told TII, “The previous state requirements of the 0.5 AD syringe (auto-disabled) for routine immunization are 300 million pieces per year.
has reached 1.8 billion per year after Covid vaccination begins.
We continue to supply these syringes, but there are reports of lack of supply chain management at the ends of the distributor, which can deteriorate in the future because the vaccine supply increases .
Therefore, we have released the government about this and they recently embedied the country to use a disposable needle of 0.5 ml / 1ml / 2 ml and 1 ml / 2 ml / 3ml rup (prevention of reuse) for Covid Vaccination.
“Nath said the union government must order ad syringes with two manufacturers in India far in advance so that the latter can increase persedi Aan.
“We are currently waiting for their response to our letter to the possibility of the amount needed in the future to order production space and allocate the number for the following year.
But there is no response so far.
To increase capacity, we need a confirmation of the order of at least nine months to one The previous year.
“Vimal Khemka, Secretary, Aisnma, said there was no request for a 0.5 mL ad syringe in India before Covid vaccination began.
“Because of the limited availability of advertising injections, we make representations to the Government Government to enable the use of disposable syringes, 2ml, and 3ml for Covid vaccination.
About 15 producers have begun to supply this to the government.” Dr.
Sanjay Deshmukh, Assistant Director (Medical ), Pune Circle, told Tii, “We recently been told by the government that we can also use a disposable needle 1ml and 2ml for covid vaccination with 0.5 ml marking on them.” Distributors in Maharashtra said they had not received this syringe shares after August 15-20 this year.
Akshay Nahar, Owners, Marketing Ortholink, Surgical and Covid product wholesalers, said, “I recently sent communication to a private hospital, who said the shortcomings of the syringe variant could stay for the next two months.” Umakan Raisoni, Owner, Shree Datta Medical Distributor, said “All ad injections will go to government centers, without shares with distributors who supply to private hospitals.”