title: Vaccine adverse event monitoring systems across the European Union countries: time for unifying efforts.
abstract: A survey conducted among 26 European Countries within the Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort (VENICE) project assessed the status of organization in prevention and management of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and level of interconnection, with the aim at individuating points of strength and weakness. The emerging picture is for a strong political commitment to control AEFIs in Member States (MS), but with consistent heterogeneity in procedures, regulations and capacity of systems to collect, analyze and use data, although with great potentialities. Suggestions are posed by authors to promote actions for unifying strategies and policies among MS.
authors.affiliation: The Green Channel Centre of the Veneto Region, Verona University Hospital and Department of Pathology, Section of Immunology, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. giovanna.zanoni@univr.it
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoni
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berra
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lucchi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: Darina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Flanagan
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levy-Bruhl
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salmaso
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tridente
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D003142:Communication; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines