Influenza Vaccination Programs for Healthcare Personnel: Organizational Issues and Beyond

Healthcare personnel (HCP) are a high priority group for influenza vaccination aiming to protect them but also to protect vulnerable patients and healthcare services from healthcare-associated influenza and HCP absenteeism. Multi-component influenza vaccination programs targeting behavioral, organiz...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 21; p. 11122
Main Authors Maltezou, Helena C., Ioannidou, Eleni, De Schrijver, Koen, François, Guido, De Schryver, Antoon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 22.10.2021
MDPI
Subjects
Absenteeism
Communication
Disease control
Education
Employees
Health care
Health facilities
Health services
Illnesses
Infections
Influenza
Intensive care
Knowledge
Mortality
Public health
Seasons
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Vaccination
Vaccines
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Summary:Healthcare personnel (HCP) are a high priority group for influenza vaccination aiming to protect them but also to protect vulnerable patients and healthcare services from healthcare-associated influenza and HCP absenteeism. Multi-component influenza vaccination programs targeting behavioral, organizational, and administrative barriers are critical, if influenza vaccination rates among HCP are to be raised on a sustained basis. Mandatory influenza vaccination policy is the only single intervention that can achieve high and sustainable vaccination rates in HCP in short term. In this article, we provide an overview of issues pertaining to influenza vaccination of HCP, with an emphasis on organizational issues of influenza vaccination programs.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph182111122