TY  - JOUR
TI  - Vaccination Rates and Adherence to Guidelines in Splenectomy Patients: An Observational Cross-sectional Study
AB  - Introduction: Splenectomy, whatever the reason, is an absolute indication for vaccination against encapsulated bacteria in order to prevent overwhelming post-splenectomy infections. This study aimed to determine compliance to immunization guidelines for splenectomy in General Surgery Clinics.Materials and Methods: In this observational cross-sectional study, we included patients who underwent splenectomy between April 2016 and April 2018, and recorded the patient data and vaccination status.Results: Splenectomy was performed in 65 patients, 40 (61.5%) were male and median age was 56 (19-90) years. Six of the operations were emergent, 21 were planned and 38 were urgent mostly due to solid organ malignancy. Only 14 (21.5%) patients werevaccinated with Haemophilus influenzae, meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccines according to the guidelines (≥2 weeks before the operation). 14 of the 21 patients (66.6%) who underwent planned splenectomy were vaccinated appropriately.Conclusion: Compliance with vaccination guidelines was low before splenectomy operations. There is a room for improvement particularly for patients undergoing elective splenectomy. A patient-centered team strategy is required to vaccinate patients at the stage of splenectomy planning.
AU  - SAİN, Gülay Güven
AU  - Hamaloglu, Erhan
AU  - ÇALIK BASARAN, NURSEL
AU  - Uyaroğlu, Oğuz Abdullah
AU  - Tanriover, Mine Durusu
AU  - Karakoc, Derya
AU  - Ozisik, Lale
AU  - oz, serife gul
DO  - 10.5578/flora.69933
PY  - 2020
JO  - Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
SN  - 1300-932X
SP  - 589
EP  - 594
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/411809
ER  -