Outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in health care workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to health care services, patients and visitors as well as an added burden on the health system. Our recently published paper in Oxford Academy Clinical Infectious Diseases (https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae209) aimed to describe the epidemiology of VPD outbreaks in HCW. We found that most articles reporting on outbreaks of VPDs were from high- and upper middle-income countries. Most outbreaks occurred in hospitals, and vaccination rates amongst HCWs were rarely reported. The review emphasises the need to understand the factors influencing outbreaks in HCWs and highlight importance of vaccination amongst HCWs.
Tasnim Hasan, Michelle Lynch, Catherine King, Charbel Wehbe, Martin Plymoth, Md Saiful Islam, Theodore Iannuzzi, Aiken Dao, Jana Lai, Alexandra Martiniuk, Shalini Desai, Meru Sheel, Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2024;, ciae209, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae209
