The AEFI-CAN database has been formerly renamed SAFEVAC, to better reflect what the database is: an Australian integrated database for the reporting of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) and associated clinical visits, as well as vaccine errors.
The mission of SAFEVAC is to promote confidence in the National Immunisation Program (NIP) through enhancing national vaccine safety monitoring and rapid signal detection.
Currently AEFI reporting can only be completed via SAFEVAC if the vaccine was administered in Victoria or Western Australia (reports followed up by SAEFVIC or WAVSS respectively). Some other jurisdictions use the database for internal management of reports.
For more information on SAEFVIC, the Victorian vaccine safety service, please visit our MVEC page here.
To access the SAFEVAC database, please click here.