Table 3.
Health care worker vaccination history
| Which of the following vaccinations have you ever received (either at this workplace or elsewhere)? | Overall | High uptake wards | Low uptake wards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbera | Percent % | Number | Percent % | Numbera | Percent % | |
| Had received all recommended vaccines (MMR, Pertussis, Influenza, Hepatitis B &Varicella) | 15 | 16.5% | 11 | 20.0% | 4 | 11.1% |
| HepB | 60 | 65.9% | 39 | 70.9% | 21 | 58.3% |
| Pertussis | 46 | 50.5% | 31 | 56.4% | 15 | 41.7% |
| Varicella | 22 | 24.2% | 16 | 29.1% | 6 | 16.7% |
| BCG | 15 | 16.5% | 10 | 18.2% | 5 | 13.9% |
| Influenza | 87 | 95.6% | 53 | 96.4% | 34 | 94.4% |
| MMR | 36 | 39.6% | 24 | 43.6% | 12 | 33.3% |
| HepA | 27 | 29.7% | 14 | 25.5% | 13 | 36.1% |
| Tetanus | 4 | 4.4% | 4 | 7.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Typhoid | 5 | 5.5% | 4 | 7.3% | 1 | 2.7% |
| Otherb | 4 | 4.4% | 4 | 4.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
aMissing data n = 1 (one respondent provided no response).
bOther: Diphtheria n = 1, Small pox n = 2, Cholera n = 1, Yellow fever n = 1, whatever was required to commence working’ n = 1.