Pediatric immunization-related safety incidents in primary care: A mixed methods analysis of a national database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children are scheduled to receive 18-20 immunizations before their 18th birthday in England and Wales; this approximates to 13 million vaccines administered per annum. Each immunization represents a potential opportunity for immunization-related error and effective immunization is imperative to maintain the public health benefit from immunization. Using data from a national reporting system, this study aimed to characterize pediatric immunization-related safety incident reports from primary care in England and Wales between 2002 and 2013.

Methods

A cross-sectional mixed methods study was undertaken. This comprised reading the free-text of incident reports and applying codes to describe incident type, potential contributory factors, harm severity, and incident outc

SUBMITTER: Rees P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4518472 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature