title: Comprehensive efforts to increase healthcare personnel immunization.
abstract: Vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) is an important component of worker and patient safety, yet vaccination rates are lagging. The findings from Taddei et al.'s study of healthcare personnel immunization attitudes and practices in Florence, Italy provides further data of the importance of routine assessment of and recommendations for vaccines for HCP in order to improve coverage.
authors.affiliation: a Immunization Services Division ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Atlanta , GA USA.
authors.forename: Samuel B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Graitcer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CMS, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare; HCP, healthcare personnel; MMR; Tdap; Tdap, Tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis; VPD, vaccine-preventable disease; healthcare personnel; immunization practices; influenza; vaccination requirements