Prevalence of measles susceptibility among health care workers in a UK hospital. Does the UK need to introduce a measles policy for its health care workers?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 398-402

  Ziegler, Emma ^a   Roth, C ^b   Wreghitt, T ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Immunity; Immunization; Measles; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WARD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0141506910     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg077     Document Type: Article

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