Are they protected? Immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases in healthcare workers at an Australian hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-86

  Leung, Vivian ^a   Harper, Susan ^a   Slavin, Monica ^a   Thursky, Karin ^a   Worth, Leon ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

healthcare worker (HCW); hepatitis B; vaccination; vaccine preventable disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893604084     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12163     Document Type: Article

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