![]() That same year, a computerized database was created to collate adverse event reports from all sources. LCDC's responsibility was limited to human preventive vaccines in 1987. National monitoring of adverse events dates back to the 1960s when it was the responsibility of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) for vaccines as well as for drugs. PHAC – Vaccine Safety Surveillance DivisionĪcronyms and abbreviations AEFI Adverse Events Following Immunization BRDD Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate BCCD Brighton Collaboration Case Definition CAEFISS Canadian Adverse Events Following Immunization Surveillance System CIC Canadian Immunization Committee CIG Canadian Immunization Guide CSC Correctional Service Canada CVP Canada Vigilance Program DND Department of National Defence F/P/T Federal, provincial and territorial FNIHB First Nations and Inuit Health Branch HC Health Canada ICH International Conference on Harmonization IMPACT Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive IMPACT LIN IMPACT Local Inventory Number LCDC Laboratory Centre for Disease Control MHPD Marketed Health Products Directorate MedDRA Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities NACI National Advisory Committee on Immunization NIS National Immunization Strategy PHAC Public Health Agency of Canada RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police SAP Special Access Program WHO World Health Organization VVWG Vaccine Vigilance Working Group Background When did National Vaccine Post Marketing Surveillance begin in Canada?.The VVWG representatives and the liaison members from the following jurisdictions and organizations contributed to the development of this AEFI user guide: The working group developed this user guide as a technical reference to provide assistance on accurately complete the new national AEFI reporting form. In 2004, as part of the effort to further improve and harmonize the reporting of AEFIs in Canada, VVWG took on the task of revising the national reporting form. The working group reports to the Canadian Immunization Committee and it functions as a long -term task group that facilitates the development of guidelines, standards, protocols and best practices to improve F/P/T public health post-market vaccine safety surveillance in Canada. The VVWG was created in keeping with the National Immunization Strategy (NIS), which highlighted the significance of strengthening and expanding vaccine safety surveillance activities and improving the system of public health response within Canada. The VVWG reports to the Canadian Immunization Committee (CIC). In addition, other federal departments including the Indigenous Services Canada's (ISC) First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), Correctional Service Canada (CSC), Department of National Defense (DND) and the Royal Canadian Mounted police (RCMP). The working group also includes liaison members from Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive (IMPACT), Health Canada's (HC) regulators. The VVWG is a federal, provincial and territorial working group with representations from all provinces and territories. This adverse events following immunization (AEFI) user guide was developed by the Vaccine Vigilance Working group (VVWG), with the support of the Vaccine Safety Surveillance Division within the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Contact information for the Health Canada programs Resource document: temporal criteria for selected AEFIs Follow up information for a subsequent dose of same vaccine(s) Recommendations for future immunization(s) according to the federal/provincial/territorial best practices Impact of AEFI, outcome, and level of care obtained Information at time of immunization and AEFI onset Provincial and regional identifying information Guidelines on how to complete sections of the AEFI form.Vaccine safety and possible side effects.For information on possible side effects after vaccination, consult:
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