Vaccination of medical students and the role of medical schools in primary prevention
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i2p112-118Keywords:
Vaccination, Infectious diseases, `Prevention and control, Pre-exposure prophylaxis, Health personnel, Occupational diseases, Medical studentsAbstract
Vaccination is an effective and safe prophylactic measure, able to prevent the spread of infectious etiological agents, being essential, especially to individuals who have habitual contact with hospital environments. So, the objective was to analyze the posture of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the vaccination of medical students. For this, a search was carried out in the scientific literature for articles on the topic, in addition to a search on the Internet, through information on whether or not vaccination proof was required, at what time and which vaccines would be required of students, from HEIs of the state of Minas Gerais (MG) / Brazil. Most (34/39) HEIs require the full vaccine card while five (12.82%) require only Hepatitis B, Triple Viral and Yellow Fever vaccines. Twenty HEIs require vaccination cards at enrollment (51.3%), leaving 19/39, which require prior to starting the internship (48.7%), around the ninth period. Literature data revealed a large contingent of medical students in several states of the country, with incomplete vaccination cards. According to data from the retrieved articles, the students reported lack of knowledge about their own vaccination status, with risks of exposure due to direct contact with contaminated environments and people, contrary to HEI requirements. One reason is that hospitals do not check students’ immunization status at the beginning of internships, so colleges neglect not to present the vaccine card. It is concluded that, despite the importance of vaccination is recognized, academics, HEIs and hospitals have not acted effectively, needing more attention to the topic, in order to avoid agent infections, which have an effective vaccine.
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