Letter to the editor: vaccinating healthcare workers: evidence and ethics.

نویسنده

  • H Kelly
چکیده

To the editor: In a recent issue of Eurosurveillance, Betsch argued that vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) will prevent transmission of pathogens from HCWs to patients and that HCW vaccination should be encouraged by correcting skewed impressions of risk and by an appeal to altruistic or ‘pro-social’ motivation [1]. Using hepatitis B and influenza vaccines as examples, Betsch noted there appeared to be less resistance to hepatitis B than to influenza vaccination, quoting a study of German medical students showing 87% vaccination coverage against hepatitis B compared with 35% against influenza [2].

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

دوره 20 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015