Inadvertent misadministration of meningococcal conjugate vaccine—United States, June–August 2005.

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Inadvertent misadministration of meningococcal conjugate vaccine—United States, June–August 2005.

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Prevention C for DC and. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55(37):1016-7.

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This article reports on an investigation into clusters of mistakes involving the misadministration of a vaccine.

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