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Immunization
New immunization data have been reported by Z.H. Abramson and co-authors
July 2nd, 2008
"Influenza vaccination of health care workers (HCW) is widely recommended, but immunization rates are low. In order to assess performance among primary HCW and identify barriers, we conducted a survey among the staff of 27 primary care community clinics in Jerusalem," scientists in Jerusalem, Israel report. "The low rate of vaccination (30.2%) was in contrast with the large proportion of HCW who considered it desirable to immunize primary health clinic staff (72.1%). Physicians reported having been immunized significantly more (p=0.008) than the rest of the staff. They also had better knowledge and more favorable attitude towards immunization. Also associated...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-02)
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