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Immunization
Recent studies from University Medical Center add new data to immunization
November 12th, 2008
A report, 'The ethics of mandatory vaccination against influenza for health care workers,' is newly published data in Vaccine. According to recent research from Netherlands, "Vaccination of health care workers (HCW) in long-term care results in indirect protection of patients who are at high-risk for influenza. The voluntary uptake of influenza vaccination among HCW is generally low." "We argue that institutions caring for frail elderly have the responsibility to implement voluntary programmes for vaccination against influenza of HCW. When uptake falls short a mandatory programme may be justified," wrote Delden J.J. van and colleagues, University Medical...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-12)
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