Supplementary report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged less than 7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2005
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2005.29.50Keywords:
AEFI, adverse events, vaccines, surveillance, childhood immunisation, vaccine safetyAbstract
This report summarises national passive surveillance data contained in the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC) database at 30 September 2005 for adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) reported for children <7 years who received vaccines between 1 January and 30 June 2005. The average annual population-based AEFI reporting rates were calculated using mid-2004 population estimates. Reporting rates per 100,000 doses of vaccine were calculated for eight vaccines that are funded by the National Immunisation Program (NIP) using denominator data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR). The report includes data for adverse events following receipt of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV), which has been funded under the NIP from 1 January 2005 for all infants at two, four and six months of age, with a catch-up program for children born from 1 January 2003. AEFI reporting rates were not estimated for some vaccines due to lack of reliable denominator data.
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