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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Infect Control. 2012 Oct 24. pii: S0196-6553(12)00879-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.019. [Epub ahead of print]
Support for mandatory health care worker influenza vaccination among allied health professionals, technical staff, and medical students.
Banach DB, Zhang C, Factor SH, Calfee DP.
Source
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Abstract
Although policies mandating annual influenza vaccination among health care workers (HCWs) are recommended, little is known about which HCWs support mandatory vaccination. We surveyed non-physician, non-nursing HCWs to identify beliefs associated with supporting mandatory HCW vaccination. Although similarities were identified, some beliefs and concerns associated with supporting mandatory vaccination differed among HCW groups. Policy makers should understand these differences and address beliefs and concerns of all HCW groups when attempting to implement a mandatory influenza vaccination policy.
Copyright ? 2012 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23102982
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23102982
Support for mandatory health care worker influenza vaccination among allied health professionals, technical staff, and medical students.
Banach DB, Zhang C, Factor SH, Calfee DP.
Source
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Abstract
Although policies mandating annual influenza vaccination among health care workers (HCWs) are recommended, little is known about which HCWs support mandatory vaccination. We surveyed non-physician, non-nursing HCWs to identify beliefs associated with supporting mandatory HCW vaccination. Although similarities were identified, some beliefs and concerns associated with supporting mandatory vaccination differed among HCW groups. Policy makers should understand these differences and address beliefs and concerns of all HCW groups when attempting to implement a mandatory influenza vaccination policy.
Copyright ? 2012 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23102982
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23102982