Vaccination in healthcare workers: An Italian perspective

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Prato, Rosa ^a   Tafuri, Silvio ^b   Fortunato, Francesca ^a   Martinelli, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hepatitis B; Influenza; Measles; Mumps; Occupational health physicians; Rubella; Tuberculosis; Vaccination; Varicella

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHICKENPOX; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORTALITY; MUMPS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUBELLA; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77949465318     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.11     Document Type: Review

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