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Vaccine reaction

Alternative Names:

Vaccine injury

Prevention:

Considering the severity of the diseases that childhood immunizations prevent, the risk of the disease is far greater than the risk of injury from the vaccine. The incidence of vaccine-related injury is extremely low.

Newer vaccines, such as the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis ( DTaP ) and inactivated polio vaccine ( IPV ) vaccines, produce fewer side effects than those used in the past.

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act track and record reactions to vaccines. Doctors are required to record complete information about the vaccines they are using and supply this information to VAERS, along with any reports of injury.

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