SynthesisInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2013
Vaccination of healthcare workers to protect patients at increased risk of acute respiratory disease: summary of a systematic review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers in the UK: appraisal of systematic reviews and policy options.BMJ open · 2016Pooled it
- Vaccination of healthcare workers to protect patients at increased risk of acute respiratory disease: summary of a systematic review.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2013Pooled it
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- Motivators and barriers to vaccination of health professionals against seasonal influenza in primary healthcare.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Application of Dendrimers for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers: A comprehensive critical appraisal of the literature.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Review
- Transmission and effect of multiple clusters of seasonal influenza in a Swiss geriatric hospital.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2015Article
- Postexposure management of healthcare personnel to infectious diseases.Hospital practice (1995) · 2015Article
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17 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of exposure to respiratory pathogens and may transmit infection to vulnerable patients. This study summarises a recent systematic review, which aimed to assess evidence that influenza or pneumococcal vaccination of HCWs provides indirect protection for those patients most at risk of severe or complicated acute respiratory infection. A number of healthcare databases and sources of grey literature were searched using a predefined strategy, and citations screened for eligibility in accordance with specified inclusion criteria. Risk of bias was assessed using validated tools and results summarised qualitatively. Twenty papers were included in the final review, all of which considered influenza vaccination of HCW. As such, planned subanalysis of pneumococcal vaccination was discarded. The majority of primary research studies included (11/14) were conducted in long-term care facilities, but there was marked heterogeneity in terms of the population, intervention/exposure and outcomes considered. Consistency in the direction of effect was observed across several different outcome measures, suggesting that influenza vaccination of HCWs is likely to offer some protection. Further evidence is, however, required from acute care settings.
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