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Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel after pandemic influenza H1N1
Jos? S?nchez-Pay?a, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Ignacio Hern?ndez-Garc?ab, Vicente Garc?a-Rom?na, Robert Camargo-Angelesa, Julio Barrenengoa-Sa?udoa, Cesar O. Villanueva-Ruiza, Hector R. Mart?neza, Mar?a Gonz?lez-Hern?ndeza
a Preventive Medicine Service, University General Hospital of Alicante, Spain
b Preventive Medicine Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain
Received 9 April 2011; revised 18 November 2011; Accepted 24 November 2011. Available online 7 December 2011.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage rates for influenza vaccination among health-care personnel (HCP), and if the reasons for accepting influenza vaccine by HCP and the frequency of vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) in 2010?2011 were different compared to 2009?2010. The AEs were detected by telephoning the worker one week after the vaccination. The coverage for seasonal vaccination in 2009?2010 was 31.0%, whereas that for 2009 pandemic influenza (H1NI) was 22.2% and 24.4% (p < 0.05) in 2010?2011. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to ?protect my health?. Over 80.5% of the HCP reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009?2010 and 2010?2011 respectively (p < 0.05). None of the AEs were severe. Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
Highlights
► First study that evaluates influenza vaccination coverage among HCPs after the influenza pandemic H1N1. ► Seasonal vaccination 2009?2010 was 31.0%, 2009 pandemic influenza was 22.2% and 24.4% in 2010?2011. ► The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to ?Protect my health?. ► 80.5% of the HCPs reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009?2010 and 2010?2011 respectively. None of the AEs were severe. ► Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X11018913
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Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel after pandemic influenza H1N1
Jos? S?nchez-Pay?a, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Ignacio Hern?ndez-Garc?ab, Vicente Garc?a-Rom?na, Robert Camargo-Angelesa, Julio Barrenengoa-Sa?udoa, Cesar O. Villanueva-Ruiza, Hector R. Mart?neza, Mar?a Gonz?lez-Hern?ndeza
a Preventive Medicine Service, University General Hospital of Alicante, Spain
b Preventive Medicine Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain
Received 9 April 2011; revised 18 November 2011; Accepted 24 November 2011. Available online 7 December 2011.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage rates for influenza vaccination among health-care personnel (HCP), and if the reasons for accepting influenza vaccine by HCP and the frequency of vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) in 2010?2011 were different compared to 2009?2010. The AEs were detected by telephoning the worker one week after the vaccination. The coverage for seasonal vaccination in 2009?2010 was 31.0%, whereas that for 2009 pandemic influenza (H1NI) was 22.2% and 24.4% (p < 0.05) in 2010?2011. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to ?protect my health?. Over 80.5% of the HCP reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009?2010 and 2010?2011 respectively (p < 0.05). None of the AEs were severe. Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
Highlights
► First study that evaluates influenza vaccination coverage among HCPs after the influenza pandemic H1N1. ► Seasonal vaccination 2009?2010 was 31.0%, 2009 pandemic influenza was 22.2% and 24.4% in 2010?2011. ► The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to ?Protect my health?. ► 80.5% of the HCPs reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009?2010 and 2010?2011 respectively. None of the AEs were severe. ► Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X11018913