Ochsner to stop using Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine

By Reveille Staff Report

April 13, 2021

Vials with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine are seen in a cooler before being thawed at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Following new federal recommendations to “pause” Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, Oschner will halt their usage of the single-shot vaccination, according to NOLA.com.
“We’re planning to use Pfizer and Moderna in place of J&J until more information is available,” according to a statement Tuesday morning from Ochsner Health.
The change comes within hours of a joint statement from the CDC and the FDA that said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.