Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel – United States, 2014–15 Influenza Season

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Ball, Sarah W. ; Black, Carla L. ; Bridges, Carolyn B. ; de Perio, Marie A. ; DiSogra, Charles ; Donahue, Sara M. A. ; Graitcer, Samuel B. ; Greby, Stacie M. ; Izrael, David ; Laney, A. Scott ; Lindley, Megan C. ; Lu, Peng-Jun ; Sokolowski, John ; Walker, Deborah K. ; Williams, Walter W. ; Yue, Xin
• Description:
  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends annual influenza vaccination for all health care personnel (HCP) to reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality among both HCP and their patients and to decrease absenteeism among HCP. To estimate influenza vaccination coverage among U.S. HCP for the 2014-15 influenza season, CDC conducted an opt-in Internet panel survey of 1,914 HCP during March 31-April 15, 2015. Overall, 77.3% of HCP survey participants reported receiving an influenza vaccination during the 2014-15 season, similar to the 75.2% coverage among HCP reported for the 2013-14 season. Vaccination coverage was highest among HCP working in hospitals (90.4%) and lowest among HCP working in long-term care (LTC) settings (63.9%). By occupation, coverage was highest among pharmacists (95.3%) and lowest among assistants and aides (64.4%). Influenza vaccination coverage was highest among HCP who were required by their employer to be vaccinated (96.0%). Among HCP without an employer requirement for vaccination, coverage was higher for HCP working in settings where vaccination was offered on-site at no cost for 1 day (73.6%) or multiple days (83.9%) and lowest among HCP working in settings where vaccine was neither required, promoted, nor offered on-site (44.0%). Comprehensive vaccination strategies that include making vaccine available at no cost at the workplace along with active promotion of vaccination might help increase vaccination coverage among HCP and reduce the risk for influenza to HCP and their patients. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Influenza, Human Mass Behavior Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Viral Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Disease-control Disease-prevention Disease-transmission Employee-exposure Group-behavior Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Humans Infection-control Infectious-diseases Medical-personnel Nurses Personal-protection Pharmacists Physicians Preventive-medicine Protective-measures Public-health Surveillance-programs Vaccines Viral-diseases Viral-infections Work-environment Worker-health

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046730
• Citation:
  MMWR 2015 Sep; 64(36):993-999
• Email:
  cblack2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183149/cdc_183149_DS1.pdf
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