The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report outlining vaccination recommendations for healthcare employees.
In 2008, the ACIP Immunization of Health-Care Personnel Work Group was formed as a subgroup of the ACIP Adult Immunization Work Group to update previously published recommendations for immunization of healthcare personnel. In Feb. 2011, the updated report was presented to ACIP, which voted to approve it.
The recommendations for healthcare employee vaccination are presented in two categories: those diseases for which routine vaccination or documentation of immunity is recommended due to risk of infection to both employees and patients; and those diseases for which vaccination might be indicated in certain circumstances.
Vaccines recommended in the first category are hepatitis B, seasonal influenza, measles, mumps, and rubella, pertussis and varicella vaccines. Vaccines in the second category are meningococcal, typhoid and polio vaccines.
Background information for each vaccine-preventable disease and specific recommendations for use of each vaccine are presented. Certain infection-control measures that relate to vaccination also are included in this report. In addition, ACIP recommendations for the remaining recommended vaccines are summarized, as are considerations for catch-up and travel vaccinations and for work restrictions.
In 2008, the ACIP Immunization of Health-Care Personnel Work Group was formed as a subgroup of the ACIP Adult Immunization Work Group to update previously published recommendations for immunization of healthcare personnel. In Feb. 2011, the updated report was presented to ACIP, which voted to approve it.
The recommendations for healthcare employee vaccination are presented in two categories: those diseases for which routine vaccination or documentation of immunity is recommended due to risk of infection to both employees and patients; and those diseases for which vaccination might be indicated in certain circumstances.
Vaccines recommended in the first category are hepatitis B, seasonal influenza, measles, mumps, and rubella, pertussis and varicella vaccines. Vaccines in the second category are meningococcal, typhoid and polio vaccines.
Background information for each vaccine-preventable disease and specific recommendations for use of each vaccine are presented. Certain infection-control measures that relate to vaccination also are included in this report. In addition, ACIP recommendations for the remaining recommended vaccines are summarized, as are considerations for catch-up and travel vaccinations and for work restrictions.
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