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Situação vacinal contra o tétano em trabalhadores da Empresa Municipal de Obras Públicas do Município de Divinópolis, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2009

2012; MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5123/s1679-49742012000300015

ISSN

2237-9622

Autores

Valéria Conceição de Oliveira, Eliete Albano de Azevedo Guimarães, Virgínia Junqueira de Oliveira, Inês Alcione Guimarães, Camila Souza de Almeida, Cyrcia Liboreiro Lourenço da Silva,

Tópico(s)

Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus

Resumo

Objective: to investigate tetanus vaccination status in Municipal workers of the Municipal Company of Public Works in the municipality of Divinopolis, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: the study population consisted of 205 workers, including masons, hodmen, street-sweepers, and workers of weeding, sewage and paving; data were collected from March to October 2009, through a questionnaire. Results: 22.9% of workers could not say when they received vaccination; 17.6% were vaccinated more than ten years ago; 28.7% reported never had received tetanus vaccine; and only 35.1% of respondents had a vaccination card. Conclusions: prevalence of vaccination against tetanus was low among the studied workers, exposed to risk of contracting incidental tetanus during their work activities.

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