Abstract:
Many hospital waste handlers are at risk for exposure to and possible transmission of vaccine-preventable
diseases. Maintenance of immunity is therefore an essential part of prevention and infection control programs for
hospital waste handlers. Optimal use of immunizing agents safeguard the hospital waste handlers and protect
patients from becoming infected through exposure to infected workers. Consistent immunization programs could
substantially reduce both the number of susceptible hospital waste handlers in hospitals and health departments
and the attendant risks for transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases to other workers and patients. Thus, this
research paper will look at Health Care Worker’s (HCW’s) immunization status; the factors surrounding that and
methods on improving the status
