Immunization Status of Waste Handlers in the Tertiary Care Hospitals of Karachi In 2017

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