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  • Impact of an influenza vaccine educational programme on healthcare personnel

    Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Apr 7:1-5. [Epub ahead of print]
    Impact of an influenza vaccine educational programme on healthcare personnel.

    Rodr?guez-Fern?ndez R1, Mart?nez-L?pez AB1, P?rez-Moreno J1, Gonz?lez-S?nchez MI1, Gonz?lez-Mart?nez F1, Hern?ndez-Sampelayo T2, Mejias A3.
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    Abstract

    Influenza vaccination has been shown to be the most effective preventive strategy to reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality in high-risk groups. Despite healthcare personnel (HCP) being considered part of such high-risk groups, their vaccination coverage is low in Europe. In January 2012, we distributed an 18-question survey regarding influenza vaccination to HCP at Gregorio Mara?on Paediatric Hospital, in Madrid, Spain. After we documented that only ~30% of HCP were vaccinated an educational programme was implemented in October 2012 before the next influenza season. In January 2013, the same survey delivered again to all HCP documented a significant increase in vaccination rates (from 30% to 40%, P = 0?007) mainly among physicians and for patients' protection. In summary we found that a simple and inexpensive educational programme significantly improved the uptake of influenza vaccination in HCP in our centre. Nevertheless, vaccination rates remained low, and broader and updated campaigns are needed to overcome perception barriers.


    KEYWORDS:

    Educational programme; healthcare personnel; influenza vaccination

    PMID: 27053135 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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