Self-reported adverse events within the seven days following the Spikevax® (Moderna) vaccination.

Objective: Continuous monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines safety may provide  additional information to health care professionals and the general population.  The aim of the present study was to analyze the local and systemic adverse  events following the administration of the Spikevax® (Moderna) vaccine, and  to identify the factors related to greater reactogenicity.

Method: Using a telephone survey, we interviewed 331 recipient of the  Spikevax® vaccine (50.

Reactogenicity of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) against COVID-19 in workers of a tertiary hospital.

Objective: To analyze the local and systemic reactions that appeared after the first and second dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine against COVID‑19 (Pfizer- BioNTech) in a sample of workers from a tertiary hospital, and to identify the  factors related to greater vaccine reactogenicity.

Method: A self-administered questionnaire was used to interview 291 workers  from a tertiary hospital who received the BNT162b2 vaccine against COVID-19  between January and March 2021. The questionnaire included questions about  the sociodemographic variables of the participants, previous COVID-19  infection, and local and systemic reactions after the first and second dose of  the vaccine.

Modeling nurses' attitude toward using automated unit-based medication storage and distribution systems: an extension of the technology acceptance model.

This article analyzes the attitude of nurses toward the use of automated unit-based medication storage and distribution systems and identifies influencing factors. Understanding these factors provides an opportunity to explore actions that might be taken to boost adoption by potential users. The theoretical grounding for this research is the Technology Acceptance Model.

Deploying information technology and continuous control monitoring systems in hospitals to prevent medication errors.

The serious repercussions of healthcare errors on patient safety have led hospitals to deploy information technology and continuous control monitoring systems to prevent them. Hospitals are moving away from traditional paper-based systems and focusing on designing new systems that prevent errors, using information technologies to catalyse the process re-engineering. This paper presents a case study that analyses the effect of computerised physician order entry and automated unit-based medication storage and distribution systems on the drug ordering and delivery process.