Observational study of a new strategy and management policy for measles prevention in medical personnel in a hospital setting
| Autor: | Tainyi Luor, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsi-Peng Lu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Vaccination Coverage Health Personnel 030106 microbiology Measles Vaccine Taiwan Medical personnel Measles lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Disease Outbreaks Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Medical microbiology Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine Hospitals Teaching Aged Cross Infection Infection Control Measles prevention Health management system Transmission (medicine) business.industry Health Policy Vaccination Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Emergency medicine Observational study Female business Research Article Seropositivity |
| Zdroj: | BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
| Popis: | Background At the end of March 2018, a clustered outbreak of measles associated with health care workers occurred in northern Taiwan. Prior to this study, the policy for measles vaccination for physicians and nurses in MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan was encouragement of vaccination in medical personnel working in the emergency room or other high risk divisions without prior testing for measles antibody, and vaccination coverage was only 85.3%. It was important to urgently formulate a new strategy to achieve zero tolerance for intra-hospital transmission and epidemic prevention. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of a new strategy for the prevention of an outbreak of measles. Methods This study was conducted from April 23, 2018 to May 22, 2018 in the MacKay Memorial Hospital, a medical center and tertiary teaching hospital with 2200 beds in northern Taiwan. First-line medical personnel in the hospital underwent a free screening for measles antibody as a new strategy for measles outbreak prevention. Susceptible medical personnel were advised to receive measles vaccination. Results A total of 719 first-line medical personnel were enrolled for the general survey. Measles seropositivity was 76.1% (287/377) in the generation born after 1978 (vaccinated), and 96.5% (330/342) in the generation born before 1978 (p |
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