Sustaining High Influenza Vaccination Compliance with a Mandatory Masking Program

Mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination or masking of British Columbia health care workers: Year 1.

OBJECTIVE The Influenza Prevention Policy ("the Policy") aims to increase seasonal influenza vaccination coverage among British Columbia (BC) health care workers (HCWs). PARTICIPANTS HCWs who work in publicly funded facilities and attend patient care areas. SETTING The Policy was announced in August 2012 and took effect province-wide during the 2012/13 flu season. INTERVENTION BC HCWs are...

Knowledge and practice about influenza vaccination and compliance with influenza immunization among pregnant women in Sari, 2013

Background and Purpose: Pregnant women are at a higher risk of influenza infection, and influenza vaccination is recommended for these women to reduce the associated complications. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and practice about influenza vaccination and identify the factors influencing compliance with influenza immunization among pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional ...

A systematic review of mandatory influenza vaccination in healthcare personnel.

CONTEXT Influenza is a major cause of patient morbidity. Mandatory influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) is increasingly common yet has uncertain clinical impact. This study systematically examines published evidence of the benefits and harm of influenza vaccine mandates. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Li...

National immunization program: vaccination, compliance and pharmacovigilance.

In Brazil, more than two centuries have passed since the first time (1804) the vaccine was administered as a control measure to prevent smallpox. Exactly a century later (1904), an epidemic of this disease led the President of the Republic Rodrigues Alves, to establish the obligation of the vaccination. In the same year, the hygienist Osvaldo Cruz coordinated the mass vaccination of the Rio de ...

Health care workers, mandatory influenza vaccination policies and the law.