Promotion of healthcare personnel vaccinations among newly employed doctors and nurses: Evidence-guided strategy
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Healthcare personnel vaccinations are important to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases in hospitals. We evaluated the seroprevalence, vaccination rates, and barriers to vaccination among newly employed nurses and doctors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a university hospital in the Republic of Korea from 2017 to 2020. The immune status for hepatitis B virus (HBV), varicella zoster virus (VZV), and hepatitis A virus (HAV) was tested. HBV, VZV, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations were mandatory. HAV and tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations were also recommended by specialists. A web-based survey on factors affecting vaccination completion was conducted. RESULTS: For the 668 participants, the mean age was 26±2 (±SD) years. Seroprevalence was 86% for HBV, 93% for VZV, and 59% for HAV. Vaccine completion rates were 40% for HBV, 70% for VZV, 65% for MMR, 42% for HAV, and 70% for Tdap. Overall compliance for mandatory vaccines was 54%. A total of 402 subjects who had worked for over one year were surveyed, with a 22% response rate. More than 50% of respondents gave the following reasons for not receiving recommend vaccines: 1) they were busy (77%), 2) vaccination process was complicated (68%), and 3) they simply forgot about vaccination (55%). Healthcare personnel agreed to be frequently informed of immunization requirements and for monitoring of vaccination rates. CONCLUSION: Vaccination compliance among newly employed doctors and nurses was 54%. Active interventions such as simplifying the vaccination process and frequent notifications are needed to achieve optimal immunization rates.
- All Author(s)
- H. J. Son
; E. Lee
; S. Y. Park
; S. Lee
; H. Hong
; E. J. Choo
; T. Kim
; M. H. Jeon
; S. Yu
; J. W. Park
; T. H. Kim
- Intsitutional Author(s)
- 전민혁; 유시내; 박정완
- Issued Date
- 2021
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- Antibodies; Compliance; Health Personnel; Immunization; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Vaccination; Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- ISSN
- 0264-410x
; 1873-2518
- Citation Title
- Vaccine
- Citation Volume
- 39
- Citation Number
- 26
- Citation Start Page
- 3480
- Citation End Page
- 3485
- Language(ISO)
- eng
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.025
- URI
- http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/1954
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