感染與疫苗

接種疫苗是預防傳染病最重要的策略之一，隨著近年來新疫苗的陸續研發上市，相關的傳染病防治與疫苗新知識大量累積，為了提升醫護人員的專業知能，本局特別與兒科醫學會及感染症醫學會合作，邀集國內感染症及疫苗領域的專家，共同編撰一本符合現行疫苗政策與實務需求之參考書籍。本書內容相當豐富，包含了國內各項重要疫苗可預防疾病之防治與疫苗運用等新知，也增加H1N1新型流感、新疫苗發展、疫苗經濟評估及預防接種實務等多項重要的主題，全書共35個章節，提供臨床醫護人員與公衛同仁閱讀運用，期能增進該等人員專業知識，將更完整正確的訊息傳遞給民眾，進而提升整體預防接種作業的品質，使疫苗在感染症防治上發揮最大的功效。
 
Vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing infectious diseases. In recent years, numerous new vaccines have been developed and vast amount of new knowledge on infectious disease prevention and vaccine use have been updated accordingly. In order to enhance medical personnel’s professional knowledge and ability concerning infectious disease prevention and vaccine use, the Taiwan Centers for disease control (Taiwan CDC) has cooperated with the Taiwan Pediatric Association and the Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan to invite numerous domestic experts in the field of infectious disease and vaccine to edit and publish a reference book covering the current vaccine policy and practice requirements.
The book contains thirty-five chapters and includes several important strategies and vaccine knowledge on the prevention and treatment of vaccine preventable diseases. Furthermore, topics such as novel H1N1 influenza, development of new vaccines, vaccine economic assessment and vaccination practices are discussed in the book as well. We believe that clinical health care workers and public health personnel will find the book useful because it can provide them with updated information on infectious disease prevention and vaccine use as well as allow them to provide correct and comprehensive information to the general public. In due course, the quality of vaccination services will be enhanced to achieve a nearly optimal effectiveness of vaccine in terms of preventing infectious diseases.