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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Feb 24;10(9). [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.
Wicker S1, Prof Marckmann G2.
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Abstract
The thought is terrifying-you are admitted to the hospital and you die of a nosocomial infection. What sounds like a horror scenario, happens every day in hospitals all over the world. Nosocomial influenza is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality among patients with underlying diseases (especially immunocompromised patients), the elderly, and neonates. Although vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) is the main measure for preventing nosocomial influenza and is consistently recommended by public-health authorities, vaccine uptake among HCP remains low. 1:
KEYWORDS:
healthcare personnel, healthcare workers, immunization, influenza, mandatory, vaccination
PMID:
24565975
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24565975
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.
Wicker S1, Prof Marckmann G2.
Author information
Abstract
The thought is terrifying-you are admitted to the hospital and you die of a nosocomial infection. What sounds like a horror scenario, happens every day in hospitals all over the world. Nosocomial influenza is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality among patients with underlying diseases (especially immunocompromised patients), the elderly, and neonates. Although vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) is the main measure for preventing nosocomial influenza and is consistently recommended by public-health authorities, vaccine uptake among HCP remains low. 1:
KEYWORDS:
healthcare personnel, healthcare workers, immunization, influenza, mandatory, vaccination
PMID:
24565975
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24565975