컨텐츠 영역
Definition of adverse events after vaccination
- This refers to all unintended symptoms that occur after vaccination; causality is not necessarily required. Most adverse events are mild, but severe adverse events can occur in rare cases when a large number of people are vaccinated (WHO).
- Any symptoms or diseases that may occur as a result of the vaccination, which are temporally related to the vaccination (Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act)
How to report adverse events
Reported by doctors, dentists, and Oriental medicine practitioners.
- When to report: Report to the head of the health center with jurisdiction over the location of the affected individual at the time of diagnosis or examination.
- How to report: Report adverse events by submitting a web report through the Disease and Health Integrated Management System, or by completing the adverse event reporting form at the local health center and sending it via fax.
- Reporting form: Form No. 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Act on the Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases
- Details to report: Personal information, vaccination date and vaccination institution name, details of the vaccine administered, vaccination history, unusual circumstances before vaccination, date of adverse reaction occurrence after vaccination, type of adverse event, and progress
Report by the vaccinated individual or their guardian
- When to report: Report without delay if an adverse reaction is suspected after vaccination.
- How to report: Report via the vaccination assistant website or by phone to the health center with jurisdiction over your address.
- Details to report: Details of the vaccinated individual/guardian, name of the vaccine administered, vaccination date and institution name, date of occurrence of adverse reaction after vaccination, type of adverse reaction, and progress
Adverse event reporting and surveillance system after vaccination
This image is a flowchart illustrating the reporting and surveillance procedure for adverse events following immunization.
- Reporting Parties: The patient or guardian, physicians, dentists, and doctors of Korean medicine.
- Reporting Channels:
- Online reporting: National Immunization Program website (nip.kdca.go.kr)
- Fax reporting
- Information system reporting: Integrated Disease and Health Management System (is.kdca.go.kr)
- Processing Procedure:
- Receipt by public health centers → reporting to metropolitan/provincial governments → reporting to the Immunization Policy Division of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
- Telephone reporting and verification procedures are included at each stage
Meaning: Adverse events following immunization may be reported by various parties and are verified and managed in a step-by-step process involving public health centers, metropolitan and provincial governments, and the KDCA.