{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,27]],"date-time":"2017-10-27T05:28:13Z","timestamp":1509082093043},"reference-count":25,"publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","issue":"02","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,2]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec id=\"S0899823X14000154_abs1\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title><jats:p>To characterize health professional schools by their vaccination policies for acceptable forms of evidence of immunity and exemptions permitted.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X14000154_abs2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data were collected between September 2011 and April 2012 using an Internet-based survey e-mailed to selected types of accredited health professional programs. Schools were identified through accrediting associations for each type of health professional program. Analysis was limited to schools requiring \u22651 vaccine recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, varicella, pertussis, and influenza. Weighted bivariate frequencies were generated using SAS 9.3.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X14000154_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 2,775 schools surveyed, 75% (n=2,077) responded; of responding schools, 93% (1947) required \u22651 ACIP-recommended vaccination. The proportion of schools accepting \u22651 non\u2013ACIP-recommended form of evidence of immunity varied by vaccine: 42% for pertussis, 37% for influenza, 30% for rubella, 22% for hepatitis B, 18% for varicella, and 9% for measles and mumps. Among schools with \u22651 vaccination requirement, medical exemptions were permitted for \u22651 vaccine by 75% of schools; 54% permitted religious exemptions; 35% permitted personal belief exemptions; 58% permitted any nonmedical exemption.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X14000154_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Many schools accept non\u2013ACIP-recommended forms of evidence of immunity which could lead some students to believe they are protected from vaccine preventable diseases when they may be susceptible. Additional efforts are needed to better educate school officials about current ACIP recommendations for acceptable forms of evidence of immunity so school policies can be revised as needed.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;00(0): 1\u20136<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2014.15","type":"article-journal","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,29]],"date-time":"2014-12-29T14:38:17Z","timestamp":1419863897000},"page":"186-191","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":"Vaccination Policies Among Health Professional Schools: Evidence of Immunity and Allowance of Vaccination Exemptions","prefix":"10.1017","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Samantha B.","family":"Dolan","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Tanya E.","family":"Libby","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Megan C.","family":"Lindley","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Faruque","family":"Ahmed","affiliation":[]},{"given":"John","family":"Stevenson","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Raymond A.","family":"Strikas","affiliation":[]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref19","volume":"62","first-page":"607","year":"2013","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref20","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vaccine.2013.04.053","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref17","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-154-6-201103150-00004","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref16","DOI":"10.1086\/502328","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref15","volume":"6","first-page":"150","year":"1985","journal-title":"Infect Control","DOI":"10.1017\/S0195941700062950","doi-asserted-by":"crossref"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref9","volume":"60","first-page":"1","year":"2011","journal-title":"MMWR Recomm Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref14","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.1990.00390130060005","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref8","volume":"58","first-page":"50","year":"2013","journal-title":"Clin Infect Dis"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref13","DOI":"10.3928\/00220124-20080901-06","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref7","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2012.09.017","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref12","volume":"62","first-page":"781","year":"2013","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref6","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3476(05)80753-X","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref11","volume":"63","first-page":"95","year":"2014","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref5","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.281.10.908","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref4","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2009.02402.x","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref3","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0026239","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref2","volume":"57","first-page":"600","year":"2008","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref1","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1603.090198","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref27","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-113-8-628","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref26","volume":"62","year":"2013","journal-title":"MMWR Surveill Summ"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref25","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/jir115","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref24","volume":"61","first-page":"30","year":"2012","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref23","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa060775","doi-asserted-by":"publisher"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref21","volume":"62","first-page":"741","year":"2013","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"S0899823X14000154_ref18","volume":"43","first-page":"12","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Allied Health"}],"container-title":"Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology","original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0899823X14000154","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,23]],"date-time":"2017-06-23T02:47:20Z","timestamp":1498186040000},"score":1.0,"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,29]]},"references-count":25,"alternative-id":["S0899823X14000154"],"URL":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/ice.2014.15","relation":{"cites":[]},"ISSN":["0899-823X","1559-6834"],"subject":["Microbiology (medical)","Epidemiology","Infectious Diseases"],"container-title-short":"Infect. 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