TY  - CONF
A1  - Wicker, Sabine
A1  - Rabenau, Holger
T1  - Vaccination rates of healthcare workers vary according to their occupational group
T2  - Procedia in Vaccinology
N2  - Nosocomial infectious diseases (e.g. influenza, pertussis) are a threat particularly for immunocompromised and vulnerable patients. Although vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) constitutes the most convenient and effective means to prevent nosocomial transmissions, vaccine uptake among HCWs remains unacceptably low. Worldwide, numerous studies have demonstrated that nurses have lower vaccination rates than physicians and that there is a relationship between receipt of vaccination by HCWs and knowledge. Measures to improve vaccination rates need to be profession-sensitive as well as specific in their approach in order to achieve sustained success.
KW  - healthcare workers
KW  - influenza
KW  - pertussis
KW  - vaccination rates
Y1  - 2011
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/76564
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-765643
SN  - 1877-282X
VL  - 4
SP  - 14
EP  - 18
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -