Susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccination adherence among healthcare workers in Italy: A cross-sectional survey at a regional acute-care university hospital and a systematic review

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 470-476

  Maggiore, Umberto Leone Roberti ^a   Scala, Carolina ^a   Toletone, Alessandra ^a   Debarbieri, Nicoletta ^b   Perria, Mauro ^b   D'Amico, Beatrice ^a   Montecucco, Alfredo ^a   Martini, Mariano ^a   Dini, Guglielmo ^a   Durando, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

adherence; healthcare surveillance program; healthcare workers; hepatitis B virus; influenza; measles; rubella; vaccination rates; vaccines; varicella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ITALY; MEASLES; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDWIFE; NEONATOLOGIST; OBSTETRICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 85009290022     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1264746     Document Type: Article

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