title: Vaccines of importance in the hospital setting. Problems and developments.
abstract: Hospital personnel may be exposed to or transmit certain vaccine-preventable diseases. Using immunizing agents optimally in hospitals will protect personnel as well as patients. Preventing illness in hospitals through comprehensive immunization policies can be more cost-effective than case management and outbreak control. Hospital-based immunization programs for patients provide an important strategy for immunizing high-risk patients. Immunizing patients protects them against preventable illnesses that may be acquired in the hospital or the community following discharge.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunization, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Preblud
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Reichelderfer
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hadler
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines