Abstract
A seroprevalence study of tetanus and diphtheria was carried out in a sample of 537 health care workers in Catalonia. The prevalence of protective antibodies against tetanus was 93.9% (95% confidence interval: 91.5-95.7). The prevalence of protective antibodies against diphtheria was 46.4% (95% confidence interval: 42.1-50.7). Tetanus protection should be improved in health care workers born before 1975. The immune status against diphtheria was poor, with less than half of people born before 1975 correctly immunized. Copyright © 2012 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 896-898 |
Journal | American Journal of Infection Control |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2012 |
Keywords
- Health-care personnel
- Occupational health program
- Seroprevalence
- Vaccination coverage