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Seroprevalence for vaccine-preventable diseases among Italian healthcare workers

Authors :
Luca Coppeta
Iacopo D’Alessandro
Antonio Pietroiusti
Giuseppina Somma
Ottavia Balbi
Ilaria Iannuzzi
Andrea Magrini
Source :
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 17, Iss 5, Pp 1342-1346 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Abstract

Healthcare workers (HCWs) have an increased risk to be exposed to infectious diseases compared to the general population. For this reason, according to the National Immunization and Prevention Plan, all HCWs should have demonstrable evidence of immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and Hepatitis B. Earlier studies have already shown that a large percentage of Italian operators lacked immune protection for one or more of those pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunization status for vaccine-preventable diseases of HCWs in a large Italian teaching hospital. We retrospectively evaluated clinical records and serological data of HCWs who followed the occupational health surveillance program between January 1 and December 31 2019. We reviewed the clinical records of 1,017 HCWs: 393 males and 624 females with a median age of 35.69 y (range: 19–67). Protective IgG antibody values were documented in the 88.0%, 75.7%, 90.3%, 87.4% and 85.7% of the HCWs screened, respectively, against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and Hepatitis B. Age was significantly related to serological protection against measles, mumps and varicella but was not significantly related to protective IgG levels for rubella and HBV. Female gender was significantly related to a higher protection rate against Hepatitis B (87.8 vs 82.4%; p

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21645515 and 2164554X
Volume :
17
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.65e2566d170a47319efe19c8b1a094e4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1818523