Sabine Wicker

Summary

Affiliation: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi [Blood-borne infections and the pregnant health care worker. Risks and preventive measures]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Chirurg 83:136-42. 2012
  2. ncbi Mobile Air Quality Studies (MAQS)-an international project
    David A Groneberg
    Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    J Occup Med Toxicol 5:8. 2010
  3. ncbi Seroprevalence of vaccine preventable and blood transmissible viral infections (measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HBV, HCV and HIV) in medical students
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital of Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Med Microbiol Immunol 196:145-50. 2007
  4. ncbi Occupational exposures to bloodborne viruses among German dental professionals and students in a clinical setting
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:77-83. 2010
  5. ncbi [Novel influenza H1N1/2009: virus transmission among health care worker]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 134:2443-6. 2009
  6. ncbi Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    J Occup Med Toxicol 5:10. 2010
  7. ncbi Healthcare workers' perceptions of mandatory vaccination: results of an anonymous survey in a German University Hospital
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1066-9. 2010
  8. ncbi [Low influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers. Time to take a different approach]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 53:1298-303. 2010
  9. ncbi Health care workers and pertussis: an underestimated issue
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Med Klin (Munich) 105:882-6. 2010
  10. ncbi [Measles in 2010. Knowledge and vaccination status of medical students]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 54:238-42. 2011

Collaborators

  • Holger F Rabenau
  • Rene Gottschalk
  • Regina Allwinn
  • Annemarie Berger
  • Markus A Rose
  • H W Doerr
  • Albert Nienhaus
  • Christoph Sarrazin
  • Jorn Lotsch
  • Andres de Roux
  • T Wolf
  • M Bickel
  • G Krause
  • Bernard Weber
  • Harald Bias
  • David A Groneberg
  • Johannes Vermehren
  • Christian Brandt
  • David Quarcoo
  • Simone Susser
  • Alexandra Doehring
  • Stefan Zeuzem
  • Joachim Seybold
  • Claus Meier-Wronski
  • Julia Annik Börger
  • Volker Unger
  • Li Zhang
  • Johannes Steinberg
  • Bianca Kusma
  • Anna Bircks
  • Stefanie Uibel
  • Evelyn Krieger
  • Nicolas Dickgreber
  • Anke van Mark
  • Annika Friedebold
  • Cristian Scutaru
  • Lisa Kloss
  • Khaled Al-Mutawakl
  • Fabian Beck
  • Hanna Zell
  • Carolin Kreiter
  • Axel Fischer
  • Niko Neye
  • Ervin C Mingomataj
  • Sepiede Falahkohan
  • Heiko Golpon
  • Marco Weiland
  • Silvana Kölzow
  • Michael Götting
  • Christian Witt
  • Janette Mühlbach
  • Ricarda Joachim
  • Sonja Grajewski
  • Gesa Westphal
  • Birgitta Kütting
  • Alexander Gerber
  • Andres De Roux
  • Johanna Bock
  • Maria Victoria Geier
  • Hagen Hupperts
  • Karin Vitzthum
  • Stefan Kröger
  • Carolin Pilzner
  • Johann P Addicks
  • Ulrich Henkel
  • Pia Welker
  • Jochen Springer
  • Robert Rospino
  • Mathias Lauks
  • Tanja C Fischer
  • Anna Maria Jensen
  • Awfa Shami
  • Oliver Noga
  • Sebastian Mayer
  • Ulrich Wagner
  • Q Thai Dinh
  • Johannes Donat
  • Claudia Sudik
  • Andreas Meyer-Falcke
  • Anne Szerwinski
  • Masaya Takemura
  • Beatrix Kloft
  • Ute Schilling
  • Clemens Puk
  • Norman Schöffel
  • Rafael Neill B Groneberg
  • Sarah Hoffmann
  • Salome Tropp
  • Mohannad Sakr
  • Stefanie Mache

Detail Information

Publications25

  1. ncbi [Blood-borne infections and the pregnant health care worker. Risks and preventive measures]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Chirurg 83:136-42. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Mobile Air Quality Studies (MAQS)-an international project
    David A Groneberg
    Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    J Occup Med Toxicol 5:8. 2010
    ..Primarily, the MAQS-platform will focus on particulate matter. With the establishment of advanced mobile analysis tools, it is planed to extend the analysis to other pollutants including NO2, SO2, nanoparticles and ozone...
  3. ncbi Seroprevalence of vaccine preventable and blood transmissible viral infections (measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HBV, HCV and HIV) in medical students
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital of Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Med Microbiol Immunol 196:145-50. 2007
    ..1% (type 1), 96.9% (type 2) and 70% (type 3). 68.2% had antibodies (titer 1:> or =10) against all three virus types. The partly significant gaps of immunity in the students need to be closed prior to the first contact with patients...
  4. ncbi Occupational exposures to bloodborne viruses among German dental professionals and students in a clinical setting
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:77-83. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi [Novel influenza H1N1/2009: virus transmission among health care worker]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 134:2443-6. 2009
    ..Within the last days, she worked as a nurse in that ER, responsible for taking care of patients with novel influenza and also executing screening-examinations of suspicious cases...
  6. ncbi Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    J Occup Med Toxicol 5:10. 2010
    ..Most of the countries established infection surveillance systems in order to track the number of (laboratory-confirmed) H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths...
  7. ncbi Healthcare workers' perceptions of mandatory vaccination: results of an anonymous survey in a German University Hospital
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1066-9. 2010
    ..4%) of 1,215 respondents supported mandatory vaccinations for HCWs in general. However, acceptance of mandatory vaccination varied significantly between physicians and nurses and also depended on the targeted disease...
  8. ncbi [Low influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers. Time to take a different approach]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 53:1298-303. 2010
    ..Similar to the setting of desired vaccination coverage for the chronically ill, a clearly defined vaccination goal should be established for HCWs...
  9. ncbi Health care workers and pertussis: an underestimated issue
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Med Klin (Munich) 105:882-6. 2010
    ..However, vaccination rates among HCWs remain low. This study was meant to evaluate the attitudes of HCWs towards the pertussis vaccination and to determine the correlation between the influenza and pertussis vaccination status of HCWs...
  10. ncbi [Measles in 2010. Knowledge and vaccination status of medical students]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 54:238-42. 2011
    ..WHO recommends that at least 95% of children receive two doses of measles vaccine. This plan targeted the elimination of measles for the year 2010 and is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany...
  11. ncbi [Influenza pandemic: Would healthcare workers come to work? An analysis of the ability and willingness to report to duty]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, 60590 Frankfurt am Main
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 52:862-9. 2009
    ..Initiatives to strengthen workers' confidence in the fact that everything would be done to protect them against becoming ill in the event of a pandemic also need to be implemented...
  12. ncbi Attitudes of healthcare workers toward pertussis vaccination
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, Frankfurt, 60590, Germany
    Expert Rev Vaccines 7:1325-8. 2008
    ..To evaluate the attitudes of pediatric healthcare workers (HCWs) toward pertussis vaccination...
  13. ncbi Prevalence and prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a German university hospital
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 81:347-54. 2008
    ..Needlestick injuries can be prevented by safer devices...
  14. ncbi Needlestick injuries among health care workers: occupational hazard or avoidable hazard?
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 120:486-92. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to describe the mechanisms and preventability of occupational percutaneous blood exposure of healthcare workers through needlestick injuries and to discuss rational strategies for prevention...
  15. ncbi Determination of risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens following a needlestick injury in hospital workers
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Ann Occup Hyg 52:615-22. 2008
    ..Individual risk assessments were calculated for exposed HCWs...
  16. ncbi [HIV testing after needlestick injury: must the index patient be informed?]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 133:1517-20. 2008
    ..The protection of health care workers should be given priority over the right of the index patient "not wanting to know" about his/her infection status...
  17. ncbi [Influenza: acceptance of vaccination by healthcare personnel. Evaluation of the influenza season 2006/2007]
    S Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt, Germany
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 132:1683-7. 2007
    ..However, the acceptance rate of influenza vaccination within medical personnel is low. This account describes reasons why the vaccination rate remains inadequate and how it could be improved...
  18. ncbi Reliability of medical students' vaccination histories for immunisable diseases
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
    BMC Public Health 8:121. 2008
    ..Medical students come into contact with infectious diseases early on their career. Immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases is therefore vital for both medical students and the patients with whom they come into contact...
  19. ncbi Attitudes of influenza-vaccinated health care workers toward masks to prevent nosocomial transmission of influenza
    Christian Brandt
    Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:61-6. 2011
    ..Influenza viruses are highly contagious. Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of occupational exposure to influenza and may transmit the infection to their patients and coworkers...
  20. ncbi Needlestick injuries among German medical students: time to take a different approach?
    Sabine Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt
    Med Educ 42:742-5. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to describe the mechanisms whereby medical students experience occupational percutaneous blood exposure through NSIs and to discuss rational strategies for prevention...
  21. ncbi Influenza vaccination compliance among health care workers in a German university hospital
    S Wicker
    Occupational Health Service, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Infection 37:197-202. 2009
    ..However, acceptance of the influenza vaccination by medical personnel is low...
  22. ncbi Vaccination against classical influenza in health-care workers: self-protection and patient protection
    Sabine Wicker
    Betriebsärztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt
    Dtsch Arztebl Int 106:567-72. 2009
    ..Health-care workers are at risk of occupational exposure to influenza and can also transmit the disease to their patients...
  23. ncbi Comparison of the neutralizing and ELISA antibody titres to measles virus in human sera and in gamma globulin preparations
    Holger F Rabenau
    Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital, Frankfurt Main, Paul Ehrlich Str 40, 60596 Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Med Microbiol Immunol 196:151-5. 2007
    ..In both antibody tests seropositive specimens revealed a quite good to moderate correlation. Taken together, the measles IgG ELISA is adequately for immunity testing and identifying of seronegative individuals for vaccination...
  24. ncbi Self-reported adverse reactions in 4337 healthcare workers immunizations against novel H1N1 influenza
    Harald Bias
    Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    BMC Res Notes 4:297. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  25. ncbi A Common HLA-DPA1 Variant Is Associated with Hepatitis B Virus Infection but Fails to Distinguish Active from Inactive Caucasian Carriers
    Johannes Vermehren
    Pharmazentrum frankfurt ZAFES, Institut fur Klinische Pharmakologie, Klinikum der J W Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    PLoS ONE 7:e32605. 2012
    ..Most significant associations were observed for the A alleles of HLA-DPA1 rs3077 and HLA-DPB1 rs9277535, which conferred a decreased risk for HBV infection. We assessed the implications of these variants for HBV infection in Caucasians...