Universal Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Personnel: Yes We Should

Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel

This document serves as an update and companion piece to the 2005 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Position Paper entitled "Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers and Vaccine Allocation for Healthcare Workers During Vaccine Shortages." In large part, the discussion about the rationale for influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP), the strategies designed to i...

Yes, We Can! (Should We?).

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...

Evaluating a standardized measure of healthcare personnel influenza vaccination.

BACKGROUND Methods of measuring influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) vary substantially, as do the groups of HCP that are included in any given set of measurements. Thus, comparison of vaccination rates across healthcare facilities is difficult. PURPOSE The goal of the study was to determine the feasibility of implementing a standardized measure for reporting HCP influenza vacc...

Revised SHEA position paper: influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.

From the Departments of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (T.R.T.), and Hospital Corporation of America (E.J.S.), Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (H.B.); Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.L.C.); Department of Medicine, Boston Univer...