Vaccination rates of healthcare workers vary according to their occupational group
- 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.
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| Author: | Sabine WickerORCiDGND, Holger RabenauORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-765643 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.provac.2011.07.003 |
| ISSN: | 1877-282X |
| Parent Title (English): | Procedia in Vaccinology |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2011 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2011/09/29 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | Vaccine Congress (4 : 2010 : Wien) |
| Release Date: | 2023/10/05 |
| Tag: | healthcare workers; influenza; pertussis; vaccination rates |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Page Number: | 5 |
| First Page: | 14 |
| Last Page: | 18 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 512995605 |
| Institutes: | Medizin |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
