title: Vaccination status and ward-based opportunistic immunization of children admitted to Madang General Hospital, 1985-1990.
abstract: One-third of the 7494 children under five years old admitted to the Madang General Hospital Children's Ward from January 1985 to December 1990 were identified as incompletely vaccinated. Of these, 84% were vaccinated before being discharged from hospital. It is strongly recommended that all children admitted to hospital be screened to identify those who are incompletely vaccinated and that they be then vaccinated. The minority of children who are very sick on admission can have their vaccinations deferred for the day or two it will take for their condition to improve.
authors.affiliation: Madang General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Watt
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D010343:Patient Admission; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends