Search Results - "WICKER, Sabine"

E-health use, vaccination knowledge and perception of own risk: Drivers of vaccination uptake in medical students by Betsch, Cornelia, Wicker, Sabine

“…Highlights ► Perceived own risk key driver of medical students’ vaccination intention. ► Own risk predicted intentions more strongly than knowledge of…”
Get full text

Monitoring influenza vaccination coverage and acceptance among health-care workers in German hospitals - results from three seasons by Neufeind, Julia, Wenchel, Ronja, Boedeker, Birte, Wicker, Sabine, Wichmann, Ole

“…Health-care workers are an important vaccination target group, they are more frequently exposed to infectious diseases and can contribute to nosocomial…”
Get full text

Measles in health-care settings by Maltezou, Helena C., MD, PhD, Wicker, Sabine, MD, PhD

“…Despite the availability of an effective and safe vaccine for almost half a century, measles is re-emerging in several developed countries because of the…”
Get full text

Vaccination policies for health-care workers in acute health-care facilities in Europe by Maltezou, Helena C, Wicker, Sabine, Borg, Michael, Heininger, Ulrich, Puro, Vincenzo, Theodoridou, Maria, Poland, Gregory A

“…Highlights ► We reviewed existing policies for HCW vaccination in 30 European countries. ► Significant gaps and country-to-country variation were revealed. ►…”
Get full text

Heterologous prime-boost immunization with ChAdOx1-S and BNT162b2: reactogenicity and immunogenicity in a prospective cohort study by Kohmer, Niko, Stein, Shivana, Schenk, Barbara, Grikscheit, Katharina, Metzler, Melinda, Rabenau, Holger F., Widera, Marek, Herrmann, Eva, Wicker, Sabine, Ciesek, Sandra

“…•Heterologous vaccination showed an acceptable reactogenicity and immunogenicity.•Heterologous (ChAdOx1-S/BNT162b2) vaccination temporarily led to higher…”
Get full text

A common HLA-DPA1 variant is associated with hepatitis B virus infection but fails to distinguish active from inactive Caucasian carriers by Vermehren, Johannes, Lötsch, Jörn, Susser, Simone, Wicker, Sabine, Berger, Annemarie, Zeuzem, Stefan, Sarrazin, Christoph, Doehring, Alexandra

“…Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major health issue worldwide. Recently, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the human…”
Get full text

Powered air-purifying respirators used during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic significantly reduce speech perception by Weiss, Roxanne, Guchlerner, Leon, Weissgerber, Tobias, Filmann, Natalie, Haake, Birgit, Zacharowski, Kai, Wolf, Timo, Wicker, Sabine, Kempf, Volkhard A J, Ciesek, Sandra, Stöver, Timo, Diensthuber, Marc

“…Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, interventions in the upper airways are considered high-risk procedures for otolaryngologists and their…”
Get full text

Occupational exposures to bloodborne viruses among German dental professionals and students in a clinical setting by Wicker, Sabine, Rabenau, Holger F.

“…Purpose Exposures to bloodborne pathogens pose a serious risk to dental healthcare workers (DHCW). Despite improved methods of preventing exposures like…”
Get full text

Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Parents and Health Care Personnel in a German Neonatology Department by Buxmann, Horst, Daun, Anne, Wicker, Sabine, Schlößer, Rolf Lambert

“…The influenza vaccination is recommended for all German pregnant women and health care personnel (HCP). We are the first to publish vaccination rates of…”
Get full text

Reliability of medical students' vaccination histories for immunisable diseases by Wicker, Sabine, Allwinn, Regina, Gottschalk, René, Rabenau, Holger F

“…Medical students come into contact with infectious diseases early on their career. Immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases is therefore vital for both…”
Get full text

Needlestick injuries among health care workers: Occupational hazard or avoidable hazard? by Wicker, Sabine, Ludwig, Ann-Marie, Gottschalk, René, Rabenau, Holger F.

“…Summary OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe the mechanisms and preventability of occupational percutaneous blood exposure of healthcare…”
Get full text

Personal attitudes and misconceptions, not official recommendations guide occupational physicians’ vaccination decisions by Betsch, Cornelia, Wicker, Sabine

“…Highlights • Occupational physicians generally have positive attitudes towards vaccinations. • Occupational physicians with less favorable attitudes recommend…”
Get full text

Prevalence and prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a German university hospital by WICKER, Sabine, JUNG, Juliane, ALLWINN, Regina, GOTTSCHALK, René, RABENAU, Holger F

Get full text

Vaccination of health care workers against influenza: Is it time to think about a mandatory policy in Europe? by Wicker, Sabine, Marckmann, Georg

“…Highlights • HCWs have a duty not to transmit vaccine-preventable diseases onto their patients. • New approaches to increase vaccination rates among HCWs are…”
Get full text

Visual Vaccinology: Changing public perception by Dunsch, Dominik, Wicker, Sabine

Get full text

Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health by Wicker, Sabine, Rabenau, Holger F, Bias, Harald, Groneberg, David A, Gottschalk, René

“…In April 2009 a novel influenza A H1N1/2009 virus was identified in Mexico and in the United States which quickly spread around the world. Most of the…”
Get full text

Reflections on the influenza vaccination of healthcare workers by McLennan, Stuart, Wicker, Sabine

“…Abstract Despite all that is known about the dangers of nosocomial transmission of influenza to the vulnerable patient populations in our healthcare…”
Get full text

Needlestick injuries among German medical students: time to take a different approach? by Wicker, Sabine, Nürnberger, Frank, Schulze, Johannes B, Rabenau, Holger F

Get full text

Self-reported adverse reactions in 4337 healthcare workers immunizations against novel H1N1 influenza by Bias, Harald, Quarcoo, David, Meier-Wronski, Claus, Wicker, Sabine, Seybold, Joachim, Nienhaus, Albert, Groneberg, David A, Roux, Andres de

“…The use of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine has generated much debate concerning safety issues among the general population and physicians. It was questioned if this is a…”
Get full text

Unvaccinated health care workers must wear masks during flu season—A possibility to improve influenza vaccination rates? by Wicker, Sabine

“…With regard to the increased flu rates in Europe at this point of time (high influenza intensity was first reported in Portugal (week 51/2008), Ireland (week…”
Get full text