Self-reported immunity and opinions on vaccination of hospital personnel among paediatric healthcare workers in Denmark
| Autor: | Thilde Nordmann Winther, Marie Louise von Linstow, Alex C. Y. Nielsen, Anna Korsgaard Eltvedt, Anja Poulsen, Allan Bybeck Nielsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Influenza vaccine health care facilities manpower and services Denmark Health Personnel education 030231 tropical medicine Healthcare worker immunisation Disease Health attitudes Rubella Measles Article Mandatory vaccination 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Vaccine preventable diseases Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Diphtheria Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Middle Aged medicine.disease Influenza Personnel Hospital Infectious Diseases Family medicine Molecular Medicine Vaccine-preventable diseases Self Report business Knowledge and perception |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine |
| ISSN: | 1873-2518 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Vaccination of healthcare workers prevents the spread of infections in hospitals. • A forth of healthcare workers reported to be non-immune to vaccine-preventable diseases. • Nine out of 10 employees supported vaccination of non-immune healthcare workers. • National recommendations for vaccination of healthcare workers in Denmark are needed. Background Denmark has no general recommendations for vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs). We explored the self-reported immunity to varicella, measles, mumps, and rubella, reasons for receiving the influenza vaccine or not, and opinions on vaccination of HCWs against varicella, MMR, pertussis, diphtheria, and influenza among staff from departments with a high risk of exposure to infectious agents. Methods From May 2019 to August 2019, a structured questionnaire was distributed to clinical and non-clinical HCWs at a tertiary and a general paediatric department in Denmark. Self-reported immunity was defined as either previous infection or vaccination against the disease. Results Of 619 employed HCWs, 555 (90%) were included. A large proportion were unsure of or denied previous vaccination or infection with measles (20.1%), mumps (30.2%), rubella (21.4%), varicella (12.1%), pertussis (44.1%), and diphtheria (32.1%). Non-clinical personnel and employees born in 1974–1983 had the lowest level of self-reported immunity. Mandatory vaccination of non-immune HCWs was approved by 54–68.9% of participants, and any kind of vaccination (mandatory or as an offer at hospitals) was approved of up to 95.3% of all participants depending on the disease. During the season 2018/19, 214 (38.6%) HCWs received the influenza vaccine, including 20.3% of non-clinical staff, 34.8% of nurses and 56.5% of doctors (P 90% supported vaccination of HCWs, with two out of three supporting mandatory MMR, pertussis and diphtheria vaccination. Better information and an official immunisation policy of non-immune HCWs in Denmark is warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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