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Ability of Healthcare Workers to Recall Previous Receipt of Tetanus-Containing Vaccination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jose-Mario Fontanilla ,
Kathryn B. Kirkland ,
J. Gavin Cotter  and
Elizabeth A. Talbot
Jose-Mario Fontanilla*
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Kathryn B. Kirkland
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
J. Gavin Cotter
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Elizabeth A. Talbot
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire
*
1249 5th St, Huntington, WV 25701, (jmfontanilla@yahoo.com)
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Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) is an important strategy in the control and prevention of hospital outbreaks. The decision to vaccinate is often based on self-report of vaccination status. Self-report of previous receipt of tetanus-diphtheria or tetanus toxin vaccination was validated using an electronic medical record. Results showed that HCWs' self-report is reliable during a vaccination campaign.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 647 - 649
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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