Management of reduced vaccine coverage due to 6 years of failure to vaccinate: The Codroipo case, Italy

Laura Brunelli; Federico Romanese; Pier Paolo Benetollo; Andrea Iob; MariaRita Forgiarini; Pierlanfranco D'Agaro; Francesca Valent; Silvio Brusaferro; FVG Preventive Services Task Force

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.082

Management of reduced vaccine coverage due to 6 years of failure to vaccinate: The Codroipo case, Italy

Vaccine. 2019 Apr 17;37(17):2294-2297. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.082. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Authors

Laura Brunelli¹, Federico Romanese², Pier Paolo Benetollo³, Andrea Iob³, MariaRita Forgiarini³, Pierlanfranco D'Agaro⁴, Francesca Valent⁵, Silvio Brusaferro⁶; FVG Preventive Services Task Force

Collaborators

FVG Preventive Services Task Force:
Luca Arnoldo⁵, Matteo Bassetti⁵, Gianni Borghi⁷, Giorgio Brianti⁵, Patrizia Brunetti³, Mirella Campagnolo⁵, Giovanni Cattani³, Paola Cogo⁶, Marco Del Negro⁷, Anna Fabbro⁵, Tolinda Gallo⁵, Paolo Lubrano³, Fabio Marchetti⁷, Stefano Miceli⁵, Agostino Nocerino⁵, Luca Paravano⁵, Piero Pascolo⁵, Maurizio Perna⁵, Paolo Pischiutti⁸, Andrea Plazzotta⁹, Laura Regattin⁵, Bruno Sacher³, Massimo Sigon³, Andrea Taddio¹⁰, Tiziano Tommasini³, Erica Vacchiano⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Italy. Electronic address: laura.brunelli@uniud.it.
² Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Italy.
³ Local Health Trust n.3 (AAS3, Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria n.3) of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Gemona, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy; Trieste Healthcare and University Integrated Trust, ASUITS, Trieste, Italy.
⁵ Udine Healthcare and University Integrated Trust, ASUIUD, Udine, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Italy; Udine Healthcare and University Integrated Trust, ASUIUD, Udine, Italy.
⁷ Mayor/Delegate of Concerned Communities, Italy.
⁸ FVG Regional Health System, Italy.
⁹ "Cittadinanzattiva" Non-profit Citizen NGO, Tavagnacco, Italy.
¹⁰ Institute of Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.

PMID: 30878248
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.082

Abstract

During 2017 an alert was raised in relation to a possible vaccination failure occurred in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy) between 2009 and 2015, exposing multiple cohorts of children and the entire community to vaccine preventable diseases outbreak risk. The Codroipo case resulted in 20,441 vaccine doses being in doubt, thus prompting the healthcare system to react in order to revaccinate 5444 children through planning and implementing network actions and multiple channels of communication.

Keywords: Extraordinary vaccination campaign; Failure to vaccinate; Immunization; Public health policy; Public health reaction; Vaccine preventable diseases.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Immunization Schedule
Italy / epidemiology
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Public Health Surveillance
Risk Assessment
Vaccination Coverage*
Vaccination*
Vaccines* / administration & dosage

Substances

Vaccines