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Adverse Events After Administration of Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine to Healthcare Workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas J. Sandora ,
Elizabeth Pfoh  and
Grace M. Lee
Thomas J. Sandora*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Pfoh
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts
Grace M. Lee
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, 333 Longwood Avenue, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115 (thomas.sandora@childrens.harvard.edu)
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Abstract

Healthcare workers who received the tetanus-diphtheria–acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine were surveyed about adverse events. Local adverse events were more common among women and among those who received the Tdap vaccine less than 5 years after they had received the tetanus-diphtheria vaccine. Systemic adverse events were more common among healthcare workers aged less than 30 years. These findings provide guidance for counseling of healthcare workers who receive Tdap vaccine.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 389 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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