Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review.
Vaccine-preventable diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. As new vaccines are proving to be effective and as the incidence of some infections decreases, vaccination practices are changing. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are particularly exposed to and play a role in nosocomial transmission, which makes them an important target group for vaccination. Most vaccine-preventable diseases still carry a significant risk of resurgence and have caused outbreaks in recent years. While many professional societies favor vaccination of HCWs as well as the general population, recommendations differ from country to country. In turn, vaccination coverage varies widely for each microorganism and for each country, making hospitals and clinics vulnerable to outbreaks. Vaccine mandates and non-mandatory strategies are the subject of ongoing research and controversies. Optimal approaches to increase coverage and turn the healthcare workforce into an efficient barrier against infectious diseases are still being debated.
a Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon ; Lyon , France.
Skerdi
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Haviari
a Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon ; Lyon , France.|b Equipe Epidémiologie et Santé Publique, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1 ; Lyon , France.|c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), French Clinical Research Investigation Network (F-CRIN), Innovative Clinical Research Network in Vaccinology (I-REIVAC) ; Lyon , France.
Thomas
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Bénet
a Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon ; Lyon , France.
Mitra
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Saadatian-Elahi
a Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon ; Lyon , France.
Philippe
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André
c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), French Clinical Research Investigation Network (F-CRIN), Innovative Clinical Research Network in Vaccinology (I-REIVAC) ; Lyon , France.|d Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM, CIC 1417, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel Dieu, CIC Cochin-Pasteur ; Paris , France.|e INSERM, F-CRIN, I-REIVAC, Cochin Center ; Paris , France.
Pierre
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Loulergue
a Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon ; Lyon , France.|b Equipe Epidémiologie et Santé Publique, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1 ; Lyon , France.|c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), French Clinical Research Investigation Network (F-CRIN), Innovative Clinical Research Network in Vaccinology (I-REIVAC) ; Lyon , France.
Philippe
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Vanhems
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology*
D014612:Vaccines
coverage; healthcare worker; hepatitis; influenza; measles; mumps; nosocomial; pertussis; vaccination; varicella