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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2024 Apr 17:ciae209.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae209. Online ahead of print. Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review
Tasnim Hasan[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Michelle Lynch[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Catherine King[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP], Charbel Wehbe[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Martin Plymoth[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Md Saiful Islam[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Theodore Iannuzzi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aiken Dao[SUP] 1 3 4 [/SUP], Jana Lai[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Alexandra Martiniuk[SUP] 1 4 7 [/SUP], Shalini Desai[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Meru Sheel[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP]
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Background: Outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in health care workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to health care services, patients and visitors as well as an added burden on the health system. This scoping review is aimed to describe the epidemiology of VPD outbreaks in HCW, caused by diseases which are prevented by the ten vaccines recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for HCWs.
Methods: In April 2022 CINAHL, MEDLINE, Global Health and EMBASE were searched for all articles reporting on VPD outbreaks in HCWs since the year 2000. Articles were included regardless of language and study type. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of VPD outbreaks were described.
Results: Our search found 9363 articles, of which 216 met inclusion criteria. Studies describing six of the ten VPDs were found: influenza, measles, varicella, tuberculosis, pertussis and rubella. Most articles (93%) were from high- and upper middle-income countries. While most outbreaks occurred in hospitals, several influenza outbreaks were reported in long term care facilities. Based on available data, vaccination rates amongst HCWs were rarely reported.
Conclusion: We describe several VPD outbreaks in HCWs from 2000 to April 2022. The review emphasises the need to understand the factors influencing outbreaks in HCWs and highlight importance of vaccination amongst HCWs.
Keywords: Communicable Diseases; Disease outbreaks; Epidemics; Health Personnel; Immunization.
. 2024 Apr 17:ciae209.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae209. Online ahead of print. Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review
Tasnim Hasan[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Michelle Lynch[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Catherine King[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP], Charbel Wehbe[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Martin Plymoth[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Md Saiful Islam[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Theodore Iannuzzi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aiken Dao[SUP] 1 3 4 [/SUP], Jana Lai[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Alexandra Martiniuk[SUP] 1 4 7 [/SUP], Shalini Desai[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Meru Sheel[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 38630638
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae209
Background: Outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in health care workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to health care services, patients and visitors as well as an added burden on the health system. This scoping review is aimed to describe the epidemiology of VPD outbreaks in HCW, caused by diseases which are prevented by the ten vaccines recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for HCWs.
Methods: In April 2022 CINAHL, MEDLINE, Global Health and EMBASE were searched for all articles reporting on VPD outbreaks in HCWs since the year 2000. Articles were included regardless of language and study type. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of VPD outbreaks were described.
Results: Our search found 9363 articles, of which 216 met inclusion criteria. Studies describing six of the ten VPDs were found: influenza, measles, varicella, tuberculosis, pertussis and rubella. Most articles (93%) were from high- and upper middle-income countries. While most outbreaks occurred in hospitals, several influenza outbreaks were reported in long term care facilities. Based on available data, vaccination rates amongst HCWs were rarely reported.
Conclusion: We describe several VPD outbreaks in HCWs from 2000 to April 2022. The review emphasises the need to understand the factors influencing outbreaks in HCWs and highlight importance of vaccination amongst HCWs.
Keywords: Communicable Diseases; Disease outbreaks; Epidemics; Health Personnel; Immunization.