The issue of mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers in Europe

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-283

  Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a   D'Ancona, Fortunato ^b   Jansen, Andreas ^c   Lopalco, Pier Luigi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d VENICE National Gatekeepers   (Australia)

Author keywords

Europe; healthcare workers; mandatory vaccination; policies; vaccine recommendations

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 84893081680     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.869174     Document Type: Review

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