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Why do you think it would be fewer steps, or less waste? The syringes would need to be shipped first from the syringe manufacturer to the vaccine manufacturer,
by db48x 6y ago
Why do you think it would be fewer steps, or less waste? The syringes would need to be shipped first from the syringe manufacturer to the vaccine manufacturer, unpackaged, integrated into the manufacturing process there, then repackaged and reshipped to the vaccinators. Meanwhile the vaccinators already purchase syringes for their ordinary medical practice.
Furthermore, vaccines need to be refrigerated while syringes do not. If you combine them too early in the process, then the whole syringe ends up needing to be refrigerated. This increases the mass and volume that needs to be refrigerated, complicating the entire logistical network for distributing the vaccine.
- arnejenssen 6y agoLess waste because there would be no need for a vial. And one less step for the nurse to load the syringe. This could be automated at the factory. But you are probably right. I am naive. We need to consider the whole supply chain.