title: A mandatory campaign to vaccinate health care workers against pertussis.
abstract: Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection that has dramatically increased in recent decades and has caused outbreaks in health care facilities. Because of these trends, we implemented a mandatory pertussis (Tdap) employee vaccination program. Final vaccination compliance was 97.8% across all clinical campuses.
authors: Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA. lmesolen@geisinger.edu
authors: Lisa M
authors: LM
authors: Esolen
authors: Kimberly L
authors: KL
authors: Kilheeney
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000191:economics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines
keywords: Hospital employees; Immunizations; Tdap