Impact of Influenza Policies Among New Hampshire Healthcare Personnel

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• Personal Author:
  Armenti KR
• Description:
  Healthcare personnel (HCP) can become infected with the influenza virus through contact with infected patients and can transmit influenza to patients and other employees. HCP also often work while they are ill due to worker shortages, need for compensation, fear of being terminated from too many absences, as well as dedication to their patients. Because HCP provide care to patients at high risk for complications of influenza, they should be offered influenza vaccine each year. In NH, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and adult day care, residential and assisted living facilities report HCP vaccination rates directly to NH DHHS, as mandated by the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) law (RSA 151:32-35) and the healthcare immunization law (RSA 151:9-b). These same facilities also report data regarding workplace vaccination policies to the HAI Program via a web-based survey. Though NH law requires each hospital and residential facility to offer the seasonal influenza vaccination to its employees, currently there are no regulations requiring HCP vaccination, and HCP are free to decline vaccination for any reason. Some facilities, however, choose to implement policies requiring some or all of its HCP to receive the seasonal influenza vaccination. While it is important to monitor influenza vaccination rates in HCP in order to better assess the capacity of public health jurisdictions to reach national and state goals, it is also important to understand the impact of influenza vaccination policies on these workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Influenza, Human Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Care Personnel Influenza Monitoring Systems Public Health Seasonal Factors Vaccines
• Publisher:
  Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066263
• Citation:
  Durham, NH: Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2018 Jan; :1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  Karla R. Armenti, ScD, Principal Investigator Occupational Health Surveillance Program Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
• Email:
  karla.armenti@unh.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Hampshire, Durham
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  Impact of influenza policies among New Hampshire healthcare personnel
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b93a0510700e0754d1663384febbd0875e5512883796786018fcee617b3b1689c689b62c5a474d3232a10048423303563d29111e95e8e6264c1671083dc765f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212741/cdc_212741_DS1.pdf
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