TY  - CONF
A1  - Wicker, Sabine
T1  - Viral infections: occupational risk for pregnant health-care personnel?
T2  - Procedia in Vaccinology
N2  - Health-care personnel (HCP) are exposed to infectious diseases throughout the course of their work. The concerns of pregnant HCP are considerable because certain otherwise mild infections may affect fetal development. We studied 424 pregnant HCP at the University Hospital Frankfurt / Germany between March 2007 and July 2011. Serological tests were carried out for varicella zoster virus (VZV), measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and parvovirus B19. Our overall seroprevalence data with regard to VZV, MMR, CMV and parvovirus B 19 corresponded to the general population. It was striking that, only 57.1% of the study population was immune against the four vaccine-preventable diseases (MMR, VZV). Our study suggests that a comprehensive approach to improving the vaccination status of said HCP before pregnancy is paramount.
KW  - health-care personnel
KW  - maternity protection law
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - occupationally acquired viral infections
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/76671
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-766713
SN  - 1877-282X
VL  - 6
SP  - 156
EP  - 158
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -