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Pediatrics. 2015 Sep 7. pii: peds.2015-2922. [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza Immunization for All Health Care Personnel: Keep It Mandatory.
COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Abstract
The purpose of this statement is to reaffirm the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. With an increasing number of organizations requiring influenza vaccination, coverage among health care personnel has risen to 75% in the 2013 to 2014 influenza season but still remains below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 90%. Mandatory influenza immunization for all health care personnel is ethical, just, and necessary to improve patient safety. It is a crucial step in efforts to reduce health care-associated influenza infections.
Copyright ? 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PMID: 26347432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Influenza Immunization for All Health Care Personnel: Keep It Mandatory.
COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Abstract
The purpose of this statement is to reaffirm the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. With an increasing number of organizations requiring influenza vaccination, coverage among health care personnel has risen to 75% in the 2013 to 2014 influenza season but still remains below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 90%. Mandatory influenza immunization for all health care personnel is ethical, just, and necessary to improve patient safety. It is a crucial step in efforts to reduce health care-associated influenza infections.
Copyright ? 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PMID: 26347432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]