Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — United States, 2016–17 Influenza Season

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Black, Carla L. ; Yue, Xin ; Ball, Sarah W. ; Fink, Rebecca V. ; de Perio, Marie A. ; Laney, A. Scott ; Williams, Walter W. ; Lindley, Megan C. ; Graitcer, Samuel B. ; Lu, Peng-Jun ; Devlin, Rebecca ; Greby, Stacie M.
• Description:
  Summary: What is already known about this topic? The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends annual influenza vaccination for all health care personnel (HCP) to reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality in health care settings. For the 2015-16 influenza season, the estimated overall influenza vaccination coverage among health care personnel was 79.0%. What is added by this report? Influenza vaccination coverage among HCP during the 2016-17 influenza season, assessed using an opt-in Internet panel survey, was 78.6%, similar to coverage during the 2015-16 season. Employer vaccination requirements and offering vaccination at the workplace at no cost were associated with higher vaccination coverage. Occupational settings with the lowest influenza vaccination coverage were the least likely to require vaccination or provide vaccination on-site at no cost. What are the implications for public health practice? Employer vaccination requirements or, in the absence of requirements, offering influenza vaccination on-site at no cost, can achieve high HCP vaccination coverage. Implementing comprehensive evidence-based worksite intervention strategies is important to ensure HCP and patients are protected against influenza. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Influenza, Human Mass Behavior Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pharmacies Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Vaccination Viral Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Health-care-personnel; Infection-control; Infectious-diseases; Vaccines; Disease-control; Disease-prevention; Disease-transmission; Humans; Behavior; Behavior-patterns; Group-behavior; Worker-health; Employee-exposure; Health-surveys; Viral-diseases; Viral-infections; Medical-personnel; Nurses; Physicians; Surveillance-programs; Pharmacists; Work-environment; Preventive-medicine; Public-health; Protective-measures; Personal-protection; Recommendations; Social media; Costs
• Source:
  MMWR 2017 Sep; 66(38):1009-1015
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6638a1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Pubmed ID:
  28957042
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5657674
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  38
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050415
• Contact Point Address:
  Carla L. Black, PhD, Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, GA
• Email:
  cblack2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04797e61569fe129fecf2a31e24beda45aec4e4d22745b0892e5ab098237d0285ab7e7191c241c92c8e75a56ac73e61be5f67eb5f435b2017d8a2b7e33bbf736
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54645/cdc_54645_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 207.38 KB ]