Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL) suosittelee, että koronarokotteen syystalven 2023 tehosteannos annetaan vain 65 vuotta täyttäneille, 18 vuotta täyttäneille lääketieteellisiin riskiryhmiin kuuluville sekä 12 vuotta täyttäneille voimakkaasti immuunipuutteisille. Hoitohenkilöstölle buusteria ei suositella.
Rokotteena syystalvella käytetään uutta XBB.1.5-varianttivalmistetta, kun se saa myyntiluvan. THL:n mukaan ei ole odotettavissa, että XBB.1.5-rokotteet antaisivat merkittävää suojaa lievää koronatautia ja tartuntoja vastaan. Tämän vuoksi sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon työntekijöille syystalven tehosteannosta suositellaan vain silloin, jos työntekijä kuuluu ikänsä tai perussairauksiensa vuoksi tehosteannoksen kohderyhmään. Kaikkien sote-ammattilaisten tehosteannoksille ei ole THL:n mukaan lääketieteellisiä perusteita.
WHO suosittelee hoitohenkilöstön rokottamista
WHO päivitti keväällä 2023 suosituksiaan koronarokotteen jakelusta. Se on jakanut suosituksen rokotteen saajista kolmeen riskiluokkaan: korkea, keskitaso ja matala. Korkealle riskitasolle suositellaan buusteria kuuden tai 12 kuukauden jälkeen edellisestä rokotteesta. Etulinjassa työskentelevät hoitajat kuuluvat suosituksessa korkeaan riskiluokkaan, heille suositellaan buusteria 12 kuukauden välein.
QuoteHealth workers: Health workers include all people engaged in work whose primary intent is to improve human health. The reasons for prioritizing health workers for vaccination early on in the COVID-19 pandemic were, first, that protecting these workers protected the availability of critical essential services; second, evidence suggested that health workers were initially at higher risk of acquiring infection than the general population; and third, there was also a risk of onward transmission to patients who were at higher risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes through their contact with these workers. This prioritization was also supported by the principle of reciprocity: health workers play critical roles in the COVID-19 response, putting not only themselves but potentially also their household members at greater risk for the sake of others.
Health workers are all people engaged in work actions whose primary intent is to improve health. This includes health service providers, such as doctors, nurses, midwives, public health professionals, laboratory-, health-, and medical and non-medical technicians, personal care workers, community health workers, healers and some practitioners of traditional medicine. It also includes health management and support workers, such as cleaners, drivers, hospital administrators, district health managers and social workers, and other occupational groups in health-related activities. Health workers include not only those who work in acute care facilities but also those employed in long-term care, public health, community-based care, social care and home care and other occupations in the health and social work sectors as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), revision 4, section Q: Human health and social work activities.
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