Karageorgou Katerina, Katerelos Panos, Efstathiou Andreas, Theodoridou Maria, Maltezou Helena C
Department for Interventions in HealthCare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
National Health Operations Centre, Athens, Greece.
Vaccine. 2014 Sep 3;32(39):5083-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.031. Epub 2014 Jun 30.
Vaccination of healthcare students is important to protect them from acquiring and transmitting vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) to high-risk patients and other healthcare workers (HCWs). The aim of the current study was to estimate the vaccination coverage, the susceptibility against VPDs, the knowledge and attitudes toward vaccinations of healthcare students studying at the Athens Technological Educational Institute.
The study was conducted during the academic year 2012-2013 using a standardized questionnaire.
The mean knowledge score (correct answers) of healthcare students about the vaccines that are recommended by the Greek Ministry of Health for HCWs was 41%. Completed vaccination rates range from 19.6% for varicella to 80.2% for tetanus-diphtheria. A history of measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, or pertussis was reported by 8.2%, 4%, 5.4%, 70.4%, 1.5%, 0%, and 3% of students, respectively. Susceptibility rates were 20.5% against measles, 26.4% against mumps, 13.9% against rubella, 15.7% against varicella, 47.8% against hepatitis A, 17.3% against hepatitis B, and 19.8% against tetanus-diphtheria. Mandatory vaccination of HCWs was supported by 145 (96.7%) students.
There are significant immunity gaps against all VPDs among healthcare students in Athens. A system to easily identify non-immune students should be established in association with efficient reminder systems. Education of healthcare students about VPDs and vaccines will improve their attitudes toward vaccinations and their vaccination coverage. Mandatory vaccinations should be considered for HCWs in order to promote safety within healthcare facilities.
对医护专业学生进行疫苗接种对于保护他们避免感染疫苗可预防疾病（VPD）并防止将这些疾病传播给高危患者和其他医护人员（HCW）至关重要。本研究的目的是评估在雅典技术教育学院学习的医护专业学生的疫苗接种覆盖率、对VPD的易感性、对疫苗接种的知识和态度。
本研究在2012 - 2013学年期间使用标准化问卷进行。
医护专业学生关于希腊卫生部推荐给医护人员的疫苗的平均知识得分（正确答案）为41%。完整的疫苗接种率从水痘的19.6%到破伤风 - 白喉的80.2%不等。分别有8.2%、4%、5.4%、70.4%、1.5%、0%和3%的学生报告有麻疹、腮腺炎、风疹、水痘、甲型肝炎、乙型肝炎或百日咳病史。对麻疹的易感性率为20.5%，对腮腺炎为26.4%，对风疹为13.9%，对水痘为15.7%，对甲型肝炎为47.8%，对乙型肝炎为17.3%，对破伤风 - 白喉为19.8%。145名（96.7%）学生支持对医护人员进行强制疫苗接种。
雅典的医护专业学生在所有VPD方面存在显著的免疫差距。应建立一个能够轻松识别非免疫学生的系统，并结合有效的提醒系统。对医护专业学生进行VPD和疫苗方面的教育将改善他们对疫苗接种的态度以及疫苗接种覆盖率。为促进医疗机构内的安全，应考虑对医护人员进行强制疫苗接种。
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