What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) – Reporting and Public Health Uses

Elaine R. Miller, RN, MPH¹, Beth Hibbs, RN, MPH¹, Pedro Moro, MD, MPH¹, Kamesha Smith, MPH¹, Pamela Bryant, MS² and Karen Broder, MD¹, 1Immunization Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA