Current situation and related policies on the implementation and promotion of influenza vaccination among health care workers

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Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2019 Oct 6;53(10):973-977. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2019.10.004. [Current situation and related policies on the implementation and promotion of influenza vaccination among health care workers].

[Article in Chinese; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]

Xu LL¹, Zhao JH¹, Qin Y², Peng ZB², Zheng JD², Wang LP², Ding XJ¹, Feng LZ², Ma YC¹.
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1 Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xining 810007, China. 2 Division of Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.

Abstract

in English, Chinese
Health care workers have higher risk of influenza infection because of their occupational exposure to infected patients. Infection of the health care workers may not only result in the increasing risk of the nosocomial infection and family transmission, but also disrupt the health services due to absence from work. Health care workers were recommended as a priority group of influenza vaccinationin more than 40 countries and regions in the world. In recent years, domestic surveys show that the influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers was low. This paper outlines the current status and related policies of influenza vaccination among health care workers in China and global. Additionally, we analyzed and discussed the proper immunization strategy of influenza vaccine for medical staff in China.


KEYWORDS:

Health care workers; Immunization strategy; Influenza vaccines; Influenza, human

PMID: 31607040 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2019.10.004
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