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Flu vaccine uptake among nursing home staff ?worringly? low
Marese McDonagh
Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 01:00
First published: Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 01:00
Almost 60 per cent of staff working in residential facilities for the elderly in Co Donegal have never had a flu vaccine, according to ?worrying? new research.
A study carried out by Dr Louise Doherty, a Donegal-based consultant in public health medicine, found 57 per cent of staff, employed at 20 nursing homes in the county, have never been vaccinated against influenza...
...Dr Doherty, who presented her findings to a recent research conference at Sligo General Hospital, said research in the UK found that institutions with the highest level of immunisation showed reduced rates of flu-like illness, hospitalisation and death in the elderly.
Dr Doherty said healthcare workers could put vulnerable residents at risk without even knowing that they have the flu...
Flu vaccine uptake among nursing home staff ?worringly? low
Marese McDonagh
Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 01:00
First published: Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 01:00
Almost 60 per cent of staff working in residential facilities for the elderly in Co Donegal have never had a flu vaccine, according to ?worrying? new research.
A study carried out by Dr Louise Doherty, a Donegal-based consultant in public health medicine, found 57 per cent of staff, employed at 20 nursing homes in the county, have never been vaccinated against influenza...
...Dr Doherty, who presented her findings to a recent research conference at Sligo General Hospital, said research in the UK found that institutions with the highest level of immunisation showed reduced rates of flu-like illness, hospitalisation and death in the elderly.
Dr Doherty said healthcare workers could put vulnerable residents at risk without even knowing that they have the flu...