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This position statement highlights the importance of vaccination among healthcare personnel and corrects a previous error regarding hepatitis vaccinations.

April 26, 2026Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology1 citationsOpen Access

Vaccines for healthcare personnel: a core safety measure. A position statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) – CORRIGENDUM

DWDavid J. Weber GLGrace M. Lee ESErica S. Shenoy

Key Points

This position statement highlights the importance of vaccination among healthcare personnel and corrects a previous error regarding hepatitis vaccinations.
Correction of typographical error regarding hepatitis vaccinations.
Update of vaccine recommendations for healthcare personnel.
Addition of a missing period in the subtitle.
The hepatitis A vaccine was mistakenly recommended for all adults, instead of hepatitis B.
All healthcare personnel should be counseled to receive vaccines for COVID-19, hepatitis B, HPV, polio, RSV, and zoster.

Abstract

In the initial publication of this article 1 , the hepatitis A vaccine was included in a list of vaccines recommended for all adults.In actuality, hepatitis B vaccination is recommended for all adults, but hepatitis A vaccination is not recommended for all adults.The article has been updated to correct this typographical error.The corrected sentence reads, "All HCP should be counseled to receive vaccines recommended for all adults including vaccines for COVID-19, Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Polio, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and (RSV), and Zoster."In addition, the period in the subtitle of the article was mistakenly omitted from the initial publication and has been added.

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