Health-Care Worker Vaccination for Influenza: Strategies and Controversies

Influenza infections cause significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and vaccination rates of health-care workers remain well below target goals. Strategies for increasing vaccination rates include mandatory vaccination of health-care workers, mandatory declination, employee incentiv...

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Published inCurrent infectious disease reports Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 627 - 632
Main Authors Derber, Catherine J, Shankaran, Shivanjali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Current Science Inc 01.12.2012
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Health care
Healthcare-Associated Infections (G Bearman and M Stevens
Infectious Diseases
Influenza
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Section Editors
Vaccines
Workers
Mandatory vaccination
Nosocomial influenza
Health-care worker vaccination
Influenza vaccination
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Summary:Influenza infections cause significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and vaccination rates of health-care workers remain well below target goals. Strategies for increasing vaccination rates include mandatory vaccination of health-care workers, mandatory declination, employee incentives, intensive education, increased access to vaccines, and the use of social media to inform employees of the safety and efficacy of vaccination. While these strategies in combination have been shown to be effective in increasing vaccination rates, personal and religious objections, as well as the potential for infringing on individual autonomy, remain challenges in our efforts to bring health-care worker vaccination rates up to target goals.
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ISSN:1523-3847
1534-3146
DOI:10.1007/s11908-012-0291-3