Seroprotection against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases amongst Health Care Workers in a Community Hospital, Qatar

seroprotection against vaccine-preventable diseases amongst health care workers in a community hospital, qatar

background: health care workers (hcw) are at high risk of contracting various infectious diseases and play a dual role in the transmission of infections in health care facilities. objective: to determine the seroprotection against hepatitis b, measles, rubella, and varicella among hcws in a community hospital in qatar. methods: this is a cross-sectional survey conducted in a 75-bed community ho...

Contribution of community health workers to surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Obala health district

Introduction: The establishment of effective community-based surveillance is an essential objective of all disease surveillance systems. Several studies and reports have found that the situation is far from optimal in several developing countries such as Cameroon. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study to assess the contribution of community health workers to surveillance of ...

Influenza vaccination amongst hospital health care workers in Beijing.

BACKGROUND Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for health care workers (HCWs) in many countries in order to reduce the morbidity associated with influenza in health care settings. However, compliance rates with influenza vaccination are commonly low. AIMS To evaluate the current vaccination status of HCWs in Beijing, China, and examine their attitudes towards the disease and the vacci...

Vaccine-preventable diseases.

The panel addressed four main areas of vaccine development and use: diseases of public health importance for which no vaccine is available; diseases for which an existing licensed vaccine is not optimal and alternative vaccines are under development; diseases for which a vaccine exists but is not being used optimally; and diseases requiring vaccines of specialized or limited use, such as those ...

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