title: [Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis as an occupational health practice by a private health care provider].
abstract: The paper analyses influence of eligibility type offered by a health provider for vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in comparison with employees adherence to a vaccination schedule.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to calculate a proportion of immunized employees among those provided with free of charge vaccination. Two different types of eligibility have been analysed--general eligibility as one of the services included into employee health program, and a special action targeted specifically at TBE vaccinations as an initiative of the employer.
  
  
  METHODS
  [corrected] The medical records of6121 field workers were anonymously and retrospectively analyzed in order to track vaccination records between Oct 2009 and Sep 2011 (24 months).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group included a subpopulation of employees allowed to take a vaccine during special actions of vaccination initiated by the employer (n = 421, 6.8%). Vaccination rate measured by at least one dose of vaccine administered was 4.74% (290 out of 6121 employees) in the whole study population, while in 290 immunized employees had taken only one dose of vaccine during the two- year period, and 80% out of all vaccine doses were administered within first 14 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show better adherence to vaccination among employees who participated in a special action announced separately from the general health plan. Presented analysis also pinpoints the necessity to remind employees about next vaccine doses in the due time after the launch of vaccination process.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego, Wydział Nauki o Zdrowiu Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny. grzegorz.juszczyk@wum.edu.pl
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Juszczyk
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slusarczyk
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D011044:Poland; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*