[Contraindications to vaccination. The decisions of primary care professionals in Málaga]. / Contraindicaciones a la vacunación. Decisiones de los profesionales de atención primaria de Málaga.

OBJECTIVE: To measure the correctness of decisions concerning counter-indications to vaccination (CV), taken by Primary Care professionals involved with the vaccination programme; to identify their associations with personal or organisational variables; and to sound out professionals' views on the source of false counter-indications and training for the programme. DESIGN: A crossover study. SETTING: Primary care centres in the city of Málaga and its metropolitan area. PARTICIPANTS: 173 nurses and 68 doctors from these centres. INTERVENTIONS: A questionnaire to professionals about their clinical decisions and views of CV. RESULTS: The worse average score was that recorded in the clinical situation involving live virus vaccines (634 points out of 1,000) and whooping cough vaccination (791 points). General counter-indicative items reached a higher score (865). CONCLUSIONS: Professional criteria on CV must be brought up to date and unified.