Protective Vaccination Used by Doctors for Prevention of Infections

Beata Zastawna (), Roman Załuska, Anna Milewska, Agnieszka Zdęba-Mozoła, Agnieszka Ogonowska, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Anna Owczarek and Michał Marczak
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Beata Zastawna: Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Roman Załuska: Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Anna Milewska: Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland
Agnieszka Zdęba-Mozoła: Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Agnieszka Ogonowska: Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Remigiusz Kozłowski: Center for Security Technologies in Logistics, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Anna Owczarek: Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Michał Marczak: Collegium of Management, WSB University in Warsaw, 03-204 Warszawa, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Doctors, as with all healthcare workers, are a specific risk group due to a high probability of contact with contagious pathogens. An online survey was conducted among Polish doctors to establish their use of protective vaccination to decrease their personal risk of infection. The online survey was conducted using questions about medics’ vaccination decisions and approaches. The results revealed that immunization against VPDs for most participants was not adequate based on recommendations or developments in vaccinology. To increase vaccination as a prophylactic method among doctors, especially those not involved in the immunization of patients, an educational campaign is demanded. As non-immunized medics are at risk themselves and are also a threat to the safety of patients, legal changes and the monitoring of vaccine acceptance and perception among medics are required.

Keywords: vaccination; immunization; vaccine preventable diseases; healthcare workers; vaccination hesitancy; prophylactic methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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