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. 1996 Dec;89(12):430-2.

The merits of varicella vaccination for varicella non-immune health care workers

C G Wlodaver  1 , T Privett, G Livengood
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  • PMID: 8997883

The merits of varicella vaccination for varicella non-immune health care workers

C G Wlodaver et al. J Okla State Med Assoc. 1996 Dec.

Abstract

Immunity against varicella can be reliably established by history and, if negative, confirmed or refuted by serology. If non-immune, the merits of varicella vaccine for a health care worker (HCW) can be stated clearly: Protection from a disease which may be particularly severe in an adult, and evading the inconvenience (investigation time and possible work restriction) and cost of managing an exposure. This paper discusses implementation of a varicella immunity program for HCWs at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City.

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