Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

Maria Esteve; Angela Domínguez; Luis Urbiztondo; Eva Borrás; Josep Costa; Sonia Broner; Magda Campins; Jose Maria Bayas

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.012

Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

Maria Esteve, Angela Domínguez, Luis Urbiztondo, Eva Borrás, Josep Costa, Sonia Broner, Magda Campins, Jose Maria Bayas

Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Preventive Medicine and Public Health

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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
Pages (from-to)	896-898
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	40
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2012

Keywords

Health-care personnel
Occupational health program
Seroprevalence
Vaccination coverage

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Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia. / Esteve, Maria; Domínguez, Angela; Urbiztondo, Luis; Borrás, Eva; Costa, Josep; Broner, Sonia; Campins, Magda; Bayas, Jose Maria.

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