AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Analysis of ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program—Part 1 and Part 2.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Analysis of ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program—Part 1 and Part 2.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 4, 2014;19:1-6. March 26, 2015;20:1-4.

This newsletter series reports on 2 years of data collected during a national effort to collect vaccine administration errors. The first article summarizes information about the types of vaccine errors reported and why they occur. The second article discusses risks during vaccine use and offers recommendations to prevent them.

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