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Grand Salon A/B
Thursday, March 20, 2008: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

K1: Understanding, Identifying, and Preventing Vaccination Administration Errors

Presenters in this workshop will discuss the importance of educating medical assistants, product labeling, and general vaccine administration errors ranging from schedule errors to administring the wrong dose and vaccine.
Moderator:William Atkinson
9:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:05 AMPreventing medication errors with immunologic drugs
Michael R. Cohen, John D. Grabenstein
9:20 AM“SHOT LINE” Reveals Unregulated & Unsafe Practices
Pamela Strohfus, Teresa Phillips, Cathy Deckys, Victor Hernandez, JoRae Thorne, Amber Brownlee, Cheryl Suhr, Melissa Davies
 Vaccination Administration Errors Reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Elaine R. Miller, Beth F. Hibbs, Barbara A. Slade
9:50 AMDiscussion

The 42nd National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC