Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community
dataset
posted on 2020-06-25, 05:29authored byMelbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH)
Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community (SAEFVIC) based in Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), is the central reporting service in Victoria for any significant adverse events following immunisations (AEFI).
Reports sent to Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). De-identified reports sent to the Victorian Department of Health, Immunisation section. Discussion of individual cases at national level - in collaboration with the TGA.
Number of people/participants
16,500
Data source
Clinical
Research
Data source details
SAEFVIC offers integrated clinical services post reported AEFI including patient follow up and immunisation outcomes. Data from the database is used for surveillance and signal detection, addressing vaccine safety, education and analysed for vaccine safety related publications.
Study or collection type
Other - describe in comments
Data collection started
2007
Dataset still being added to?
Yes
Additional comments
Predominantly a passive surveillance system, SAEFVIC reports are received on an ongoing daily basis and soon to be integrated with active surveillance systems on a national level.