VAERS: Education for Patients & Caregivers

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is severely misunderstood and can be intimidating. However, it is imperative for patients and caregivers to understand the critical role it plays in vaccine safety. This program will help ease that process and provide tools to simplify the process and reduce the stress and fear you might have over completing a report and talking with others about an adverse event. This program reviews: VAERS Basics, What should be reported, How to make a report, Who can make a report, What to do after a report is made, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, & Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program.