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Published in: Drug Safety 10/2007

01-10-2007 | Abstracts

Oral Presentations

Authors: J. McEwen, I. W. Boyd

Published in: Drug Safety | Issue 10/2007

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A World Health Organization consultation[1] in 2006 has recommended, amongst other things, that countries are encouraged to report adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) through their government’s designated national pharmacovigilance centre. In Australia, the primary point for submission and initial assessment of reports of AEFIs was changed to be the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC), in whose name the national pharmacovigilance centre has functioned since 1971. The work of ADRAC is supported by an Adverse Drug Reactions Unit in the Australian Department of Health. …
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go back to reference WHO consultation on global monitoring of adverse effects following immunization, 9–10 January 2006. Weekly Epidemiological Record 2006; 81 (27): 261–6 WHO consultation on global monitoring of adverse effects following immunization, 9–10 January 2006. Weekly Epidemiological Record 2006; 81 (27): 261–6
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go back to reference Isaacs D, Lawrence G, Boyd I, et al. Reporting of adverse events following immunisation in Australia. J Paediatr Child Health 2005; 41: 163–6PubMedCrossRef Isaacs D, Lawrence G, Boyd I, et al. Reporting of adverse events following immunisation in Australia. J Paediatr Child Health 2005; 41: 163–6PubMedCrossRef
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go back to reference Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin 2001; 20: 10 Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin 2001; 20: 10
Metadata
Title
Oral Presentations
Authors
J. McEwen
I. W. Boyd
Publication date
01-10-2007
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drug Safety / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0114-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1942
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200730100-00029

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