Wilmore, SM;
Philip, KE;
Cambiano, V;
Bretherton, CP;
Harborne, JE;
Sharma, A;
Jayasena, SD;
(2014)
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in dialysis patients in a London district general hospital.
Clin Kidney J
, 7
(1)
27 - 32.
10.1093/ckj/sft138.
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Abstract
Patients on dialysis mount reduced immune responses compared with the general population. The Department of Health advises that these patients receive influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations at regular intervals-once yearly and every five years, respectively. This article investigates the uptake of these vaccinations in this patient population and seeks to examine factors that may influence vaccination status such as patient's language and presence of a general practitioner (GP) electronic vaccination reminder system. It also explores preferred site of vaccination for patients and GPs as these are primary care vaccinations yet patients have more frequent contact with their dialysis unit than their GP, blurring the boundaries between primary and specialized care.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in dialysis patients in a London district general hospital. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ckj/sft138 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft138 |
| Additional information: | © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com PMCID: PMC3901040 |
| Keywords: | dialysis, flu, influenza, pneumococcus, vaccination |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1433306 |
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