Follow-up Study of Medication Errors Reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 99 (5), 486-489
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000216513.73448.af
Abstract
Background: A study was done to determine if the apparent medication errors found in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database are true errors, and if true errors are found, to determine what corrective action was taken. Furthermore, if a true error did not occur, we wanted to determine at what point the misinformation was entered into the system. Methods: The VAERS database...Keywords
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