Vaccination of healthcare personnel in Europe: update to current policies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75010330%3A_____%2F19%3A00012880" target="_blank" >RIV/75010330:_____/19:00012880 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/19:43918906
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X1931285X?via%3Dihub#" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X1931285X?via%3Dihub#</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.061" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.061</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Vaccination of healthcare personnel in Europe: update to current policies
Original language description
We investigated and compared current national vaccination policies for health-care personnel (HCP) in Europe with results from our previous survey. Data from 36 European countries were collected using the same methodology as in 2011. National policies for HCP immunization were in place in all countries. There were significant differences in terms of number of vaccinations, target HCP and healthcare settings, and implementation regulations (recommended or mandatory vaccinations). Vaccination policies against hepatitis B and seasonal influenza were present in 35 countries each. Policies for vaccination of HCP against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella existed in 28, 24, 25 and 19 countries, respectively; and against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and poliomyelitis in 21, 20, 19, and 18 countries, respectively. Recommendations for hepatitis A immunization existed in 17 countries, and against meningococcus B, meningococcus C, meningococcus A, C, W, Y, and tuberculosis in 10, 8, 17, and 7 countries, respectively. Mandatory vaccination policies were found in 13 countries and were a pre-requisite for employment in ten. Comparing the vaccination programs of the 30 European countries that participated in the 2011 survey, we found that more countries had national vaccination policies against measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis A, diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, pertussis, meningococcus C and/or meningococcus A, C, W, Y; and more of these implemented mandatory vaccination policies for HCP. In conclusion, European countries now have more comprehensive national vaccination programs for HCP, however there are still gaps. Given the recent large outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Europe and the occupational risk for HCP, vaccination policies need to be expanded and strengthened in several European countries. Overall, vaccination policies for HCP in Europe should be periodically re-evaluated in order to provide optimal protection against vaccine-preventable diseases and infection control within healthcare facilities for HCP and patients.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30102 - Immunology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Vaccine
ISSN
0264-410X
e-ISSN
1873-2518
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
52
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
7576-7584
UT code for WoS article
000501642600011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85073521772