ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program 2017 analysis—part 1 and part 2.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 14, 2018,23:1-5. June 28, 2018;23:1-4,6,7.

Mistakes in the use of vaccines can have both individual and public health implications. The first article of this series reviews the results from an analysis of reports submitted to a national error reporting system to track vaccine-related errors. The second article offers recommendations to help immunization and vaccination programs address product-, knowledge-, and practice-related factors that contribute to process weaknesses, including training, storage, and labeling strategies.

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