The nurse monitor is assisted by team members such as infection control nurses, emergency and unit nurses, physicians, laboratory personnel and medical records staff. Personal information is strictly confidential. Identifiers are limited to code numbers, and no names or addresses are included in case reports or published in the medical literature. The surveillance of vaccine-associated adverse events has been reassuring. Severe vaccine- associated adverse events are rare.
Monitors search continuously and have found few cases.
While thousands of neurological cases have been screened, few are attributable to prior vaccination. Surveillance continues to reassure the public that vaccines are safe and the that benefits of vaccination for parents and children far outweigh the potential risks of serious reactions.