ArticleEpidemiology and infection2014
Healthcare workers and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) status: how worried should we be about further outbreaks?
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- Lower Rate of Seropositivity to Measles Among Young Healthcare Personnel in New York City.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- Healthcare workers' vaccination at European and Italian level: a narrative review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2019Review
- Attitudinal variables and a possible mediating mechanism for vaccination practice in health care workers of a local hospital in L'Aquila (Italy).Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2017Article
- New measles vaccination schedules in the European countries?Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
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Abstract
Recently, a number of outbreaks of measles and mumps have occurred within the UK and Europe. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of contracting and transmitting disease to patients and staff. To examine this risk at the point of entry to healthcare, we assessed the serological results of new HCWs presenting for pre-placement clearance without evidence of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunity between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2012. Overall rates of serological positivity to MMR across all age groups were 88·2%, 68·8% and 93·9%, respectively. With regard to measles and mumps, there were statistically significant decreases in the percentage of HCWs born after 1980 that had positive serology (P < 0·05). No such differences were seen between healthcare groups. Most seronegative HCWs accepted MMR vaccination. Despite our entry-level findings, the ongoing risk of a MMR outbreak within this cohort of HCWs appears low.
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