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Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Workers in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tommaso Stroffolini ,
Nicola Petrosillo ,
Giuseppe Ippolito ,
Antonella Lopalco ,
Luciano Sagliocca ,
Brunella Adamo ,
Maria Pia Iannotti ,
Andrea Simonetti ,
Pietro Ricci Bitti  and
Antonella Marzolini
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Tommaso Stroffolini*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Ospedale Spallanzani, Roma
Nicola Petrosillo
Affiliation:
Centro di Riferimento AIDS e Servizo di Epidemiologia delle Malattie Infettive IRCSS, Ospedale Spallanzani, Roma
Giuseppe Ippolito
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica, Ospedale S Bono, Napoli
Antonella Lopalco
Affiliation:
Centro di Riferimento AIDS e Servizo di Epidemiologia delle Malattie Infettive IRCSS, Ospedale Spallanzani, Roma
Luciano Sagliocca
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica, Ospedale S Bono, Napoli
Brunella Adamo
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Azienda USL Napoli
Maria Pia Iannotti
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Azienda USL Napoli
Andrea Simonetti
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Azienda USL Napoli
Pietro Ricci Bitti
Affiliation:
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Azienda USL Ferrara
Antonella Marzolini
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Ospedale Spallanzani, Roma
Francesco Forastiere
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Epidemiologico, Regione Lazio, Italy
Alfonso Mele
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Ospedale Spallanzani, Roma
*
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina, Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Abstract

In 1996, the vaccination coverage against hepatitis B virus among 3,157 healthcare workers in Italy was inversely related to the level of hepatitis B virus endemicity in the area of residence. Youngest age and lowest years of employment were independent predictors of the likelihood of vaccine acceptance.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 789 - 791
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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