Against which of the following diseases can health care workers be protected by a vaccine?

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Achieving and sustaining high vaccination coverage among health care personnel will protect staff and their patients, and reduce disease burden and health-care costs.

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New York State Laws and Regulations
National Vaccination Recommendations and Resources

Hepatitis B
Influenza
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Varicella (Chicken Pox)
Meningococcal
Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (TdaP)

Vaccination Information for Health Care Personnel
Influenza Vaccination Rates for Health Care Personnel, 2012 – Present
Dear Administrator Letter, Re Measles and Rubella Immunity for Health Care Providers, January 2016
NYSDOH Health Advisory: Recommendations for Vaccination of Health Care Personnel, 2016

New York State Laws and Regulations

Regulation for Prevention of Influenza Transmission by Healthcare and Residential Facility and Agency Personnel
This regulation requires healthcare facilities and agencies licensed under Article 28 or Article 36 of the Public Health Law and any hospice established pursuant to Article 40 of the Public Health Law to document the influenza vaccination status of all personnel to which the regulations apply each year and require unvaccinated personnel to wear a surgical mask at all times while in areas where patients or residents may be present during periods that the Commissioner of Health determines that the influenza season is underway.
Long-term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act (PHL Article-21-A)
This law requires long-term care facilities, adult homes, adult day healthcare facilities, and enriched housing programs to provide or arrange for influenza vaccination for all residents and employees every year. The law also requires these types of facilities to provide or arrange for pneumococcal vaccination for all residents and employees for whom the vaccine is recommended per guidelines issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (NYCRR) Title 10, Sections 405.3, 415.26, 751.6, 763.13, 766.11, 793.5.
These regulations require that all persons who work at hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment centers, home health agencies and programs and hospices be immune to measles and rubella. The NYCRR can be found at New York Codes, Rules and Regulations, Title 10.
- Hospitals (405.3 – Administration)
- Nursing Homes (415.26 – Organization and Administration)
- Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (751.6 – Personnel)
- Certified Home Health Agencies, Long Term Health Care Program and AIDS Home Care Programs (763.13 – Personnel)
- Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (766.11 - Personnel)
- Hospice (794.3-Personnel)

National Vaccination Recommendations and Resources

Recommended Vaccines for Healthcare Workers - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Immunization of Health-Care Personnel, Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), CDC - Updated November 25, 2011
Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of ACIP and HICPAC - Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC)
IDSA, SHEA, and PIDS Joint Policy Statement on Mandatory Immunization of Health Care Personnel According to the ACIP-Recommended Vaccine Schedule, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Health Care Personnel Vaccination Recommendations - Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) (PDF)
Honor Rolls for Patient Safety - Recognizing Outstanding Vaccination Efforts in Healthcare Settings, Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)

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By law, medicine, nursing and physiotherapy (not pharmacy) students are classified as category A healthcare workers and must be screened for and protected against the following diseases:

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Tuberculosis (TB)
Varicella/Zoster
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Meningitis C
Influenza (including H1N1)

To meet these requirements RCSI and Mercer's Medical Centre offer a Health Screening and Vaccination Programme for students.

This programme is designed to protect you, and the patients with whom you come into contact, against preventable illness.

Cost

A standard vaccination capitation fee, payable by all students – irrespective of past vaccination history or number of attendances required – is charged in your first year fees to cover the Health Screening and Vaccination Programme.

The programme will not commence until this fee has been paid.

In the first year you will be screened/vaccinated for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tuberculosis.

Please note

RCSI can only accept vaccinations carried out by the Mercer's Medical Centre to ensure that all students comply.
Screening and immunisation are compulsory and failure to comply will result in discontinuation.

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Against which of the following diseases can health care workers be protected by a vaccine?

New York State Laws and Regulations

National Vaccination Recommendations and Resources

Cost

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