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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Infect Control. 2015 Feb 10. pii: S0196-6553(14)01397-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.011. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Correlates of change in health care worker seasonal influenza vaccination rates among dialysis facilities.[/h] Lynch JR[SUP]1[/SUP], Armistead N[SUP]2[/SUP], Vinson BB[SUP]2[/SUP], Howard AD[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We conducted a campaign to increase seasonal influenza vaccination of dialysis health care workers (HCWs) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Between the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons we examined the correlates of change. HCW vaccination rates improved significantly (P < .01) from a mean ? standard deviation of 64.5 ? 27.4 to 72.7 ? 23.1. Evidence-based practices were in wide use and although we did not find an association between these and improvement, we did find that lower-performing facilities tended to improve more (P < .01) and there was a positive relationship between patient influenza vaccination rates and improvement in HCW rates (P < .01), with the mean ? standard deviation patient rate of 88.3 ? 7.9 exceeding the HCW rate during the 2011-2012 season (P < .01).
Copyright ? 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Evidence-based medicine; Health personnel; Health promotion
PMID: 25681300 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Correlates of change in health care worker seasonal influenza vaccination rates among dialysis facilities.[/h] Lynch JR[SUP]1[/SUP], Armistead N[SUP]2[/SUP], Vinson BB[SUP]2[/SUP], Howard AD[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We conducted a campaign to increase seasonal influenza vaccination of dialysis health care workers (HCWs) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Between the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons we examined the correlates of change. HCW vaccination rates improved significantly (P < .01) from a mean ? standard deviation of 64.5 ? 27.4 to 72.7 ? 23.1. Evidence-based practices were in wide use and although we did not find an association between these and improvement, we did find that lower-performing facilities tended to improve more (P < .01) and there was a positive relationship between patient influenza vaccination rates and improvement in HCW rates (P < .01), with the mean ? standard deviation patient rate of 88.3 ? 7.9 exceeding the HCW rate during the 2011-2012 season (P < .01).
Copyright ? 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Evidence-based medicine; Health personnel; Health promotion
PMID: 25681300 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]