Workplace Interventions Associated with Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Ambulatory Care Settings During the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 Influenza Seasons

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• Personal Author:
  Ball S ; Black C ; De Perio MA ; Donahue S ; Greby S ; Laney AS ; Yue X
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Vaccination of health care personnel (HCP) can reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality among HCP and their patients. This study investigated workplace policies associated with influenza vaccination among HCP who work in ambulatory care settings without influenza vaccination requirements. METHODS: Data were obtained from online surveys conducted during April 2014 and April 2015 among nonprobability samples of HCP recruited from 2 preexisting national opt-in Internet panels. Respondents were asked about their vaccination status and workplace policies and interventions related to vaccination. Logistic regression models were used to assess the independent associations between each workplace intervention and influenza vaccination while controlling for occupation, age, and race or ethnicity. RESULTS: Among HCP working in ambulatory care settings without a vaccination requirement (n = 866), 65.7% reported receiving influenza vaccination for the previous influenza season. Increased vaccination coverage was independently associated with free onsite vaccination for 1 day (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07-1.78 or >1 day PR, 1.58; 95% CI, 1.29-1.94) and employers sending personal vaccination reminders (PR, 1.20; 95% CI, 0.99-1.46). Age >/=65 years (PR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.07-1.56) and working as a clinical professional (PR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.06-1.50) or clinical nonprofessional (PR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.03-1.60) were also associated with higher coverage. Vaccination coverage increased with increasing numbers of workplace interventions. CONCLUSIONS: Implementing workplace vaccination interventions in ambulatory care settings, including free onsite influenza vaccination that is actively promoted, could help increase influenza vaccination among HCP. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Mass Behavior Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pharmacies Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Viral Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Care Worker Behavior-patterns Costs 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 Recommendations Social Media Surveillance-programs Vaccine Vaccines Viral-diseases Viral-infections Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0196-6553
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052060
• Citation:
  Am J Infect Control 2017 Nov; 45(11):1243-1248
• Contact Point Address:
  Xin Yue, MPS, MS, Leidos Inc, Assessment Branch/ Immunization Service Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop A-19, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30345
• Email:
  hwg3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Infection Control
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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