Childhood varicella vaccination has not yet been introduced in the UK. To inform decision-making about future vaccine programmes, data on the burden of varicella in general practice over a 10-year period (01/01/2005-31/12/2014) was calculated by age and ethnicity, using anonymised data from >8 million individuals in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Varicella consultations peaked at 20 6...

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy rendered with a single dose of live attenuated measles, rubella, mumps, and varicella containing vaccine. We inoculated healthcare workers (HCWs) with a single dose of vaccine to a disease lacking in antibody titer for those not meeting the criteria of our hospital (measles: <16.0 (IgG enzyme immunoassay (EIA)), rubella: ≤1:32 (hemagglutinat...

Healthcare workers are at high risk of blood borne infections especially Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Such an infection may progress to serious consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV in all health workers in departments of Surgery in Azadi teaching hospital in Duhok. Anti-HBs antibody po...

INTRODUCTION Health care Workers are exposed to infectious diseases more than the general population. Many of these infections are preventable by vaccination. The objective in this study is to investigate whether, how, and which vaccination underwent Sardinia Health Care Workers (HCWs) and the variability of policies in different Hospital Health Managements of the whole region. METHODS In Mar...

Nosocomial infections acquired by hospital personnel pose a special problem for the infection control practitioner. Even in an institution with an established employee health program and clearly designed procedures, an outbreak of measles or varicella causes time-consuming and expensive investigations. Chou et al were prompted by a measles outbreak in their community to review the available dat...

background and objectives: healthcare human resources management is a challenging and multi-faceted task. study of the interrelation of various variables affecting the performance of the healthcare workers resources can provide insight into effective management of human resources in the health settings. hence, this study aimed to explore the relationship between job satisfaction, job motivation...

background and objectives: exposure to contaminated needlesticks and sharp devices is an important occupational hazard among healthcare workers. the objective of this study was to gain further insight into prevalence and risk factors of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers. methods: a cross-sectional survey was carried out among 384 healthcare workers of two hospitals in ne...