Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in healthcare workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to healthcare services, patients, and visitors as well as an added burden on the healthcare system. This scoping review aimed to describe the epidemiology of VPD outbreaks in HCWs caused by diseases that are prevented by the 10 vaccines recommended by the World Health Organization 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 ar

SUBMITTER: Hasan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature