Healthcare workers' perceptions of mandatory vaccination: Results of an anonymous survey in a German University Hospital

Sabine Wicker; Georg Marckmann; Gregory A. Poland; Holger F. Rabenau

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Healthcare workers' perceptions of mandatory vaccination: Results of an anonymous survey in a German University Hospital

Sabine Wicker, Georg Marckmann, Gregory A. Poland, Holger F. Rabenau

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Despite decades of effort to encourage healthcare workers (HCWs) to be immunized, vaccination rates remain insufficient. Among German HCWs, 831 (68.4%) of 1,215 respondents supported mandatory vaccinations for HCWs in general. However, acceptance of mandatory vaccination varied significantly between physicians and nurses and also depended on the targeted disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1066-1069
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/656242
State	Published - Oct 1 2010

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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