Measles outbreaks – potential threat for health care professionals

The ongoing spread of measles is a major concern for public health. Optimal vaccination coverage amongst health care professionals (HCP) is essential for individual protection. This is illustrated by our two cases of measles infection in HCP during the 2018 outbreak in Europe. We developed a questio...

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Autores principales: Westgeest, A.C., de Mooij, D., Eger, C.Y., Delfos, N.M., van der Feltz, M., Visser, L.G., Groeneveld, G.H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100074
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author Westgeest, A.C.
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Delfos, N.M.
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description The ongoing spread of measles is a major concern for public health. Optimal vaccination coverage amongst health care professionals (HCP) is essential for individual protection. This is illustrated by our two cases of measles infection in HCP during the 2018 outbreak in Europe. We developed a questionnaire to assess protection against measles amongst HCP working in acute care of a tertiary hospital in The Netherlands. In total, 29% of these professionals were not protected against measles. During current worldwide measles outbreaks, it is paramount for employee health protection, patient protection and disease control to register and optimize employees' immunity.
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spelling pubmed-83360412021-08-05 Measles outbreaks – potential threat for health care professionals Westgeest, A.C. de Mooij, D. Eger, C.Y. Delfos, N.M. van der Feltz, M. Visser, L.G. Groeneveld, G.H. Infect Prev Pract Short Report The ongoing spread of measles is a major concern for public health. Optimal vaccination coverage amongst health care professionals (HCP) is essential for individual protection. This is illustrated by our two cases of measles infection in HCP during the 2018 outbreak in Europe. We developed a questionnaire to assess protection against measles amongst HCP working in acute care of a tertiary hospital in The Netherlands. In total, 29% of these professionals were not protected against measles. During current worldwide measles outbreaks, it is paramount for employee health protection, patient protection and disease control to register and optimize employees' immunity. Elsevier 2020-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8336041/ /pubmed/34368715 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100074 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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