CMA says no to mandatory hepatitis B vaccination, screening for MDs.
Should vaccination of physicians against hepatitis B, as well as subsequent screening for the virus, be mandatory? The CMA says no: the voluntary route is the way to go. But Health Canada disagrees. Its new guidelines call for mandatory vaccination and subsequent screening of exposure-prone physicians for the virus.
B
B
Sibbald
D002170:Canada; D032921:Consensus; D003815:Dentists; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D006126:Group Processes; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006291:Health Policy; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D018580:Mandatory Testing; D016134:Organizational Policy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians; D012953:Societies, Dental; D012955:Societies, Medical; D035141:Voluntary Programs
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines