Immunization of hospital personnel and other health care workers.
Hospital personnel and other health care workers are at increased risk of acquiring certain communicable diseases that can be prevented by immunization. These include hepatitis B, influenza, rubella, measles, and mumps, among others. The use of vaccines to protect health care workers as well as certain barriers to institutional immunization programs is discussed.
Decker
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MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
Schaffner
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D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines