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Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Causality

Institute of Medicine,Vaccine Safety Committee

Presents the links between common childhood vaccines - tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, polio, Haemophilus influenzae b, and hepatitis B - and specific types of disorders or death. This book discusses…

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An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program

Committee to Review the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

In 1998, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a program of mandatory immunization against anthrax for all military personnel. As the program proceeded, however, some military personnel and their families…

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The Anthrax Vaccine: Is it Safe? Does it Work?

Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine

The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination…

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Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism

Immunization Safety Review Committee,National Academy of Sciences

In recent years a number of concerns have been raised about the safety of and need for certain immunizations. This report summarizes the findings of an 11-member independent committee convened…

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Immunization Safety Review: Sv40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer

Immunization Safety Review Committee,National Academy of Sciences

The Immunization Safety Review Committee was established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to evaluate the evidence on possible causal associations between immunizations and certain adverse outcomes, and to then…

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Immunization Safety Review: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Vaccine and Autism

Immunization Safety Review Committee

Immunization is widely regarded as one of the most effective and beneficial tools for protecting the public’s health. In the United States, immunization programs have resulted in the eradication of…

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Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications

Immunization Safety Review Committee

Argues that the evidence favored rejection of a causal relationship between influenza vaccines and exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. This work also argues that the evidence about the effects of influenza…

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Seafood Safety

Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Evaluation of the Safety of Fishery Products

Can Americans continue to add more seafood to their diets without fear of illness or even death? This volume presents a set of recommendations for ensuring the safety of the…

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Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan

Committee on Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan,Institute of Medicine

Vaccination is a fundamental component of preventive medicine and public health. The use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has resulted in dramatic decreases in disease, disability, and death in…

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Adverse Effects Of Pertussis And Rubella Vaccines

This report from the Institute of Medicine provides a comprehensive review of the adverse effects associated with the pertussis and rubella vaccines. Drawing on extensive research and expert testimony, the…

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Safety of Silicone Breast Implants

Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants

The Dow Corning case raised serious questions about the safety of silicone breast implants and about larger issues of medical device testing and patient education. This book presents an exploration…

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Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy

Immunization Safety Review Committee

Addresses the concern that vaccination might play a role in sudden unexpected infant death (SIDS). This book examines epidemiologic evidence focusing on three outcomes: SIDS, sudden unexpected death in infancy…

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Vaccine Safety Forum: Summaries of Two Workshops

Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

On November 6, 1995, the Institute of Medicine’s Vaccine Safety Forum convened a workshop on detecting and responding to adverse events following vaccination. Workshop speakers and participants discussed the difficulties…

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The Children’s Vaccine Initiative: Achieving the Vision

Committee on the Children's Vaccine Initiative: Planning Alternative Strategies,Institute of Medicine

Notes that one of the best opportunities to address the problem of immunization in the United States and to improve the health of children in developing countries lies in marshaling…

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Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability

Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the United States,National Academy of Sciences

The national immunization system has achieved high levels of immunization, particularly for children. However, this system faces challenges. This book addresses these challenges by proposing strategies for assuring access to…

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Ethical and Scientific Issues in Studying the Safety of Approved Drugs

Committee on Ethical and Scientific Issues in Studying the Safety of Approved Drugs,Institute of Medicine,Institute Of Medicine

An estimated 48 percent of the population takes at least one prescription drug in a given month. Drugs provide great benefits to society by saving or improving lives. Many drugs…

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Initial Guidance for an Update of the National Vaccine Plan: A Letter Report to the National Vaccine Program Office

Committee on the Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan,Institute of Medicine

The Committee on the Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan reviewed the goals, objectives, strategies, and anticipated outcomes presented in the 1994 National Vaccine Plan. This book presents…

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Mining Safety and Health Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Committee to Review the NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research Program,Committee on Earth Resources,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Rpt. no. 2, Reviews of research programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health –T.p. verso.

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Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care

Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology,Institute of Medicine

IOM’s 1999 landmark study To Err is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost every year due to medical errors. This call to action has led to…

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Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality

Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines,Institute of Medicine

In 1900, for every 1,000 babies born in the United States, 100 would die before their first birthday, often due to infectious diseases. Today, vaccines exist for many viral and…

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Vaccines for the 21st Century: A Tool for Decisionmaking

Committee to Study Priorities for Vaccine Development,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Provides an analytic framework and quantitative model for evaluating disease conditions that can be applied by those setting priorities for vaccine development. This book examines: lessons to be learned from…

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Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust

Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program,National Academy of Sciences

The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) is a large, linked database of patient information that was developed jointly by CDC and private managed care organizations in 1991. This work reviews aspects…

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Halcion: An Independent Assessment of Safety and Efficacy Data

Committee on Halcion: An Assessment of Data Adequacy and Confidence,Division of Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

Regulatory agencies within the United States and the United Kingdom have reviewed extensively the safety and efficacy of Halcion (triazolam) - a once commonly used hypnotic drug. This book assesses…

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America’s Health Care Safety Net: Intact But Endangered

Committee on the Changing Market, Managed Care, and the Future Viability of Safety Net Providers,Institute of Medicine

Explains how competition and cost issues in health care marketplace are posing challenges to continued access to care for America’s poor and uninsured. This book examines the health care safety…

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Certifying Personal Protective Technologies: Improving Worker Safety

Committee on the Certification of Personal Protective Technologies,Institute of Medicine

When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to…

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Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Research Programs: Framework and Next Steps

Committee on the Review of NIOSH Research Programs,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

Each year, approximately 5,000 fatal work-related injuries and 4 million non-fatal injuries and illnesses occur in the United States. This number represents both unnecessary human suffering and high economic costs…

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Adverse Effects of Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines

Institute of Medicine,Committee to Review the Adverse Consequences of Pertussis and RubellaVaccines

Examines the controversy over the evidence that vaccination against pertussis (whooping cough) and rubella (German measles) is, in a small number of cases, associated with increased risk of serious illness…

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Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses

Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety

Building on the Institute of Medicine reports, this work lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses working conditions and demands. It discusses the key aspects of the…

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Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety

Committe on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of the Dietary Supplements,National Research Council

Many dietary supplements are probably safe when used as recommended. But there are also many types of products that qualify as supplements. Given these factors, what information can the Food…

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Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients

Committee on the Evaluation of the Addition of Ingredients New to Infant Formula,National Academy of Sciences

Infant formulas are unique because they are the only source of nutrition for many infants during the first 4 to 6 months of life. This book, prepared at the request…

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The Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSH

Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,Committee to Review the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

Examines the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health personal protective technology program. This book focuses on the relevance and impact of this program in reducing hazardous exposures and in…

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Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care

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Building on the Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm , this work puts forward a road map for the development and adoption of…

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Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety

Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety,National Research Council

Examines how the requirements to restrict resident workweeks, including limits to an average of 80 hours over 4 weeks and the consecutive period of work to 30 hours to protect…

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Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee to Review the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program,National Academy of Sciences

Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation,National Academy of Sciences

Provides useful recommendations for how to measure health-related quality-of-life impacts for diverse public health, safety, and environmental regulations. This work is useful for public decision makers, regulatory analysts, scholars, and…

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Protecting Our Forces: Improving Vaccine Acquisition and Availability in the U.S.Military

Committee on a Strategy for Minimizing the Impact of Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases of Military Importance: Vaccine Issues in the U.S. Military

Infectious diseases continue to pose a substantial threat to the operational capacity of military forces. Protecting Our Forces reviews the process by which the U.S. military acquires vaccines to protect…

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The Health Hazard Evaluation Program at NIOSH

Committee to Review the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program,National Research Council

The National Research Council is charged with evaluating the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Health Hazard Evaluation Program and determining whether program activities resulted in improvements in…

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The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public

Committee on the Assessment of the US Drug Safety System,National Academy of Sciences

Noting that resources and therefore efforts to monitor medications’ risk benefit profiles taper off after approval, this book offers a set of recommendations to ensure that consideration of safety extends…

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Construction Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Committee to Review the NIOSH Construction Research Program,National Research Council

Evaluates the relevance and impact of The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Construction Research Program in terms of its research priorities and its connection to improvements in the…

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Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults

Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Committee on Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person’s economic security, health and well-being. Young adults are key…

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Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System

Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase II

Extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This title refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I…

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Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers

Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The US is experiencing a change in its demographic structure known as population aging. This book aims to provide an image of what is known about the health and safety…

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Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Committee to Review the NIOSH Respiratory Disease Research Program,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academies

Respiratory diseases caused by exposures to dangerous materials in the workplace have implications for worker health and, by extension, the national economy. This book reviews the RDRP to evaluate the…

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Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I: Demonstration of Concept and a Software Blueprint

Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development

As a number of diseases emerge or reemerge thus stimulating new vaccine development opportunities to help prevent those diseases, it can be especially difficult for decision makers to know where…

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Ranking Vaccines: Applications of a Prioritization Software Tool: Phase III: Use Case Studies and Data Framework

National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase III

SMART Vaccines - Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines - is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform…

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Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals,Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Provides an overview of why and how drugs are used in the major food-producing animal industries. This volume discusses the prevalence of human pathogens in foods of animal origin. It…

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Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process: Balancing Patient Safety and Innovation: Workshop Report

Committee on the Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process,Institute of Medicine

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for assuring that medical devices are safe and effective before they go on the market. As part of its assessment of FDA’s…

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Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Causality

An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program

The Anthrax Vaccine: Is it Safe? Does it Work?

Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism

Immunization Safety Review: Sv40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer

Immunization Safety Review: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Vaccine and Autism

Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications

Seafood Safety

Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan

Adverse Effects Of Pertussis And Rubella Vaccines

Safety of Silicone Breast Implants

Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy

Vaccine Safety Forum: Summaries of Two Workshops

The Children’s Vaccine Initiative: Achieving the Vision

Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability

Ethical and Scientific Issues in Studying the Safety of Approved Drugs

Initial Guidance for an Update of the National Vaccine Plan: A Letter Report to the National Vaccine Program Office

Mining Safety and Health Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care

Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality

Vaccines for the 21st Century: A Tool for Decisionmaking

Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust

Halcion: An Independent Assessment of Safety and Efficacy Data

America’s Health Care Safety Net: Intact But Endangered

Certifying Personal Protective Technologies: Improving Worker Safety

Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Research Programs: Framework and Next Steps

Adverse Effects of Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines

Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses

Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety

Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients

The Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSH

Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care

Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety

Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Protecting Our Forces: Improving Vaccine Acquisition and Availability in the U.S.Military

The Health Hazard Evaluation Program at NIOSH

The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public

Construction Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults

Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System

Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers

Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I: Demonstration of Concept and a Software Blueprint

Ranking Vaccines: Applications of a Prioritization Software Tool: Phase III: Use Case Studies and Data Framework

Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process: Balancing Patient Safety and Innovation: Workshop Report

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