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Healthcare workers and immunity to infectious diseases.
Aust N Z J Public Health
August 2008
General Practice Unit, Sydney South West Area Health Service, School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Objective: In 2002, New South Wales (NSW) Health introduced an updated policy for occupational screening and vaccination against infectious diseases. This study describes healthcare worker (HCW) immunity to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and varicella based on serological screening, following introduction of this policy.
Methods: HCW screening serology performed at two healthcare facilities in south western Sydney (Bankstown and Fairfield) was extracted for the period September 2003 to September 2005.