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Computerised, population-based vaccination registers are valuable tools for assessing the vaccine uptake and impact in populations. However, reliable impact assessment is only possible if the data quality can be reviewed and monitored continuously. This report describes the establishment and maintenance of the National Vaccination Register (NVR) in Finland. Currently, the NVR covers nationwide records of vaccinations given within the frame of the National Vaccination Programme since 2009. All vaccinations registered in the NVR contain a record of the personal identity code, the administered vaccine, and the date of vaccination. The vaccine lot number is the key component for recording and identifying vaccinations, because of its broad availability across patient information systems and its importance in vaccine safety monitoring. Vaccination records are accumulated and updated daily into the NVR, and their completeness is monitored monthly to assess deficiencies in data entry and data collection. Additionally, an alert system reports unexpected changes in data accumulation prompting the validation of observed changes in vaccination coverage. The presented process documentation may serve as basis to improve the design and quality of other vaccination or healthcare registers and aims to inspire the set-up of vaccination registers in those countries which still do not have one.

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Establishing and maintaining the National Vaccination Register in Finland
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Ulrike+Baum&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Baum Ulrike</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jonas+Sundman&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sundman Jonas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Susanna+J%C3%A4%C3%A4skel%C3%A4inen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jääskeläinen Susanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanna+Nohynek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nohynek Hanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Taneli+Puumalainen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Puumalainen Taneli</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jukka+Jokinen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jokinen Jukka</a></span>. Establishing and maintaining the National Vaccination Register in Finland. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(17):pii=30520. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30520" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30520</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 14 Jun 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Nov 2016 </span> </p>
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