Healthcare workers' perceptions of mandatory vaccination: results of an anonymous survey in a German University Hospital.
Despite decades of effort to encourage healthcare workers (HCWs) to be immunized, vaccination rates remain insufficient. Among German HCWs, 831 (68.4%) of 1,215 respondents supported mandatory vaccinations for HCWs in general. However, acceptance of mandatory vaccination varied significantly between physicians and nurses and also depended on the targeted disease.
Wicker
Sabine
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Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. sabine.wicker@kgu.de
Marckmann
Georg
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Poland
Gregory A
GA
Rabenau
Holger F
HF
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult