The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has launched a National Vaccine Error Reporting Program (VERP) that allows health care providers to confidentially report vaccine administration errors and near misses. Health care providers from all practice settings, including  pharmacies and physician’s offices, are encouraged to report all mistakes related to vaccines, regardless of whether any harm resulted from the incident. The program will help ISMP “better quantify the sources of errors and advocate for vaccine name, labeling, device, information, and other needed product changes to ensure patient safety,” stated Michael Cohen, ISMP president, in a press release (PDF). The ISMP VERP was designed with the assistance of the California Department of Public Health and with input from experts in the field, indicates ISMP. Reports sent to the ISMP VERP will be shared with the FDA and forwarded to the vaccine manufacturer when applicable. ISMP also plans to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on information received to address vaccine-related safety.