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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Infect Control. 2013 Jun 20. pii: S0196-6553(12)01335-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.09.025. [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza immunization coverage of residents and employees of long-term care facilities in New York State, 2000-2010.
Person CJ, Nadeau JA, Schaffzin JK, Pollock L, Wallace BJ, McNutt LA, Blog D.
Source
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: cjperson@live.unc.edu.
Abstract
We describe influenza immunization coverage trends from the New York State (NYS) Department of Health long-term care facility (LTCF) reports. Overall median immunization coverage levels for NYS LTCF residents and employees were 84.0% (range: 81.6%-86.0%) and 37.7% (range: 32.7%-50.0%), respectively. LTCF resident immunization coverage levels in NYS have neared the Healthy People 2020 target of 90% but have not achieved high LTCF employee coverage, suggesting a need for more regulatory interventions.
Copyright ? 2013 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23790670
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23790670
Influenza immunization coverage of residents and employees of long-term care facilities in New York State, 2000-2010.
Person CJ, Nadeau JA, Schaffzin JK, Pollock L, Wallace BJ, McNutt LA, Blog D.
Source
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: cjperson@live.unc.edu.
Abstract
We describe influenza immunization coverage trends from the New York State (NYS) Department of Health long-term care facility (LTCF) reports. Overall median immunization coverage levels for NYS LTCF residents and employees were 84.0% (range: 81.6%-86.0%) and 37.7% (range: 32.7%-50.0%), respectively. LTCF resident immunization coverage levels in NYS have neared the Healthy People 2020 target of 90% but have not achieved high LTCF employee coverage, suggesting a need for more regulatory interventions.
Copyright ? 2013 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23790670
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23790670