Policy statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): Only medical contraindications should be accepted as a reason for not receiving all routine immunizations as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Weber, David JTalbot, Thomas R
Weinmann, Allison
Mathew, Trini
Heil, Emily
Stenehjem, Edward
Duncan, Robert
Gross, Alan
Stinchfield, Patricia
Baliga, Christopher
Wagner, Jamie
Schaffner, William
Echevarria, Kelly
Drees, Marci
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2020-09-17Journal
Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyPublisher
Cambridge University PressType
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SHEA endorses adhering to the recommendations by the CDC and ACIP for immunizations of all children and adults. All persons providing clinical care should be familiar with these recommendations and should routinely assess immunization compliance of their patients and strongly recommend all routine immunizations to patients. All healthcare personnel (HCP) should be immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases as recommended by the CDC/ACIP (unless immunity is demonstrated by another recommended method). SHEA endorses the policy that immunization should be a condition of employment or functioning (students, contract workers, volunteers, etc) at a healthcare facility. Only recognized medical contraindications should be accepted for not receiving recommended immunizations. ©Identifier to cite or link to this item
http://hdl.handle.net/10713/14339ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/ice.2020.342
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