National Vaccine Safety Workshop: Summary and draft recommendations.

A National Vaccine Safety Workshop was held at the University of Sydney on 17 November 2005. The workshop was sponsored by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) and the National Immunisation Committee (NIC). It was attended by 40 invited representatives of federal, state and territory health departments, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC), the Australian Medical Association, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP), clinical immunisation specialists, consumers and industry. The aims of the workshop were to review current post-licensure vaccine safety practices in Australia and to work towards developing a national vaccine safety strategy.