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

April 8, 2015

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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