Enhanced Surveillance for Adverse Events Following Immunization

Use of electronic immunization registry in the surveillance of adverse events following immunization

OBJECTIVE To describe adverse events following vaccination (AEFV) of children under two years old and analyze trend of this events from 2000 to 2013, in the city of Araraquara (SP), Brazil. METHODS This is a descriptive study conducted with data of the passive surveillance system of AEFV that is available in the electronic immunization registry (EIR) of the computerized medical record of the ...

Adverse events following immunization: perception and evidence.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to highlight the evidence on new and ongoing vaccine safety concerns in the light of several vaccines recently licensed and others made available and recommended more widely. RECENT FINDINGS There is increasingly convincing epidemiologic and laboratory evidence against a causal relation of several alleged adverse events following immunization. The ...

Causality assessment of adverse events following immunization.

Analysis of adverse events following immunization caused by immunization errors.

Objective: to analyze adverse events following immunization (AEFI) caused by immunization error in the state of Paraná, Brazil, from 2003 to 2013. Method: this is a descriptive, documental, retrospective, and quantitative research using secondary data from the Adverse Event Following Immunization Information System and the Immunization Program Evaluation System. We included cases confirmed an...

[Adverse events following immunization and causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization].

Several fatal events occurred in Hunan, Guangdong and Sichuan Province in December, 2013. The events were reported by the news media, which followed growing public concern. Currently, more and more vaccines were developed and the immunization was adopted for more objectives. The clinicians, especially pediatricians will face a growing number of clinical problems related to the vaccine. The clin...