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      Attitudes towards vaccination against seasonal influenza of health-care workers in primary health-care settings in Greece 

      Dedoukou, Xanthi; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Maragos, Antonios; Giannoulidou, Sophia; Maltezou, Helena C. (2010)
      Vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza has been consistently recommended worldwide in order to prevent nosocomial transmission and ensure delivery of health-care services during outbreaks. We ...
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      Post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

      Maltezou, Helena C.; Pappa, O.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Ftika, L.; Maragos, Antonios; Kaitsa, H.; Protonotariou, E.; Diza, Evdoxia; Georgiadis, N.; Vatopoulos, A.; Nikolaidis, Pavlos (2012)
      In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of postcataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; ...
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      Vaccination of healthcare personnel in Europe: Update to current policies 

      Hübschen, Judith M.; Maltezou, Helena C.; Botelho-Nevers, Elisabeth; Brantsæter, Arne B.; Carlsson, Rose-Marie; Heininger, Ulrich; Josefsdottir, Kamilla S.; Kassianos, George; Kyncl, Jan; Ledda, Caterina; Medić, Snežana; Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta; de Lejarazu, Raul Ortiz; Theodoridou, Maria; Van Damme, Pierre; van Essen, Gerrit A.; Wicker, Sabine; Wiedermann, Ursula; Poland, Gregory A.; Vaccination Policies for HCP in Europe Study Group; Koliou, Maria (2019)
      We investigated and compared current national vaccination policies for health-care personnel (HCP) in Europe with results from our previous survey. Data from 36 European countries were collected using the same methodology ...