Masern im Jahr 2010

Abstract

The suboptimum measles-vaccination coverage shows that the goal of eliminating measles will not be met across Europe by the target year 2010. Both occupational and public health measures need to make sure that vaccination programs should achieve a minimum of 95% coverage with two doses. In addition, the obligation to notify the authorities even of suspected cases serve the same purpose and measures to improve the knowledge of medical students are required. Consequent surveillance systems are necessary to investigate chains of measles infections. Healthcare workers play a decisive role in this issue.

Evaluation of a vaccination seminar in regard to medical students' attitudes and their theoretical and practical vaccination-specific competencies

“…The professional approach to immunization is based on three pillars: theoretical knowledge, practical skills and communication skills to inform about the importance of vaccinations and acknowledge the doubts and uncertainties of parents and patients. Medical students‘ knowledge of vaccinations is, however, incomplete [ 23 ], [ 24 ], [ 25 ]. Depending on the survey, only 39.8% to 77.9% of students are familiar with the general recommendations for healthcare workers regarding influenza vaccination [ 10 ], [ 25 ], [ 26 ].…”