منابع مشابه
Impact of vaccine cost and information about complications of varicella on parental decision regarding varicella vaccine.
BACKGROUND The influence of providing information about complications of disease and vaccine cost on parental decision to vaccinate against varicella was assessed. METHOD During telephone interviews of 330 parents of infants aged 9 months, parents were asked if they would agree to have their child vaccinated and were presented information first about varicella complications and then about cos...
متن کاملVaricella Vaccine
to an affected household member. In healthy children, varicella usually does not cause serious complications. However, immunocompromised children and otherwise healthy adults are at increased risk for life-threatening complications of varicella such as pneumonia, encephalitis, and disseminated infection. Although <10% of all cases of varicella occur in adults, this age group accounts for 25-30%...
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This study was undertaken to audit staff varicella policy for UK paediatric centres, and to estimate the cost-effectiveness of implementing a staff varicella vaccine policy. A telephone survey of 22 hospitals was performed to determine the policy regarding varicella immune status among healthcare workers (HCWs). All hospitals surveyed except one recorded immune status of informed HCWs, and had ...
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OBJECTIVE To determine if varicella vaccination of healthcare workers would result in a net cost savings. DESIGN A Markov-based decision analysis. SETTING The analysis was based on a hypothetical population of healthcare workers. Data were obtained from exposure records of a tertiary-care hospital and from the literature. Workers were considered potentially susceptible if they had no past h...
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Because of the severe complications that may result from varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection following renal transplantation (Tx), transplanted varicella-susceptible children exposed to varicella are typically given varicella zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) as prophylaxis or are admitted and treated with parenteral acyclovir if VZIG prophylaxis fails. As both VZIG and hospitalization are costly...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1041610