tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2011 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel after pandemic influenza H1N1.
S?nchez-Pay? J, Hern?ndez-Garc?a I, Garc?a-Rom?n V, Camargo-Angeles R, Barrenengoa-Sa?udo J, Villanueva-Ruiz CO, Mart?nez HR, Gonz?lez-Hern?ndez M.
Source
Preventive Medicine Service, University General Hospital of Alicante, Spain.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage rates for influenza vaccination among health-care personnel (HCP), and if the reasons for accepting influenza vaccine by HCP and the frequency of vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) in 2010-2011 were different compared to 2009-2010. The AEs were detected by telephoning the worker one week after the vaccination. The coverage for seasonal vaccination in 2009-2010 was 31.0%, whereas that for 2009 pandemic influenza (H1NI) was 22.2% and 24.4% (p<0.05) in 2010-2011. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to "protect my health". Over 80.5% of the HCP reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 respectively (p<0.05). None of the AEs were severe. Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22154772
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22154772
Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel after pandemic influenza H1N1.
S?nchez-Pay? J, Hern?ndez-Garc?a I, Garc?a-Rom?n V, Camargo-Angeles R, Barrenengoa-Sa?udo J, Villanueva-Ruiz CO, Mart?nez HR, Gonz?lez-Hern?ndez M.
Source
Preventive Medicine Service, University General Hospital of Alicante, Spain.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage rates for influenza vaccination among health-care personnel (HCP), and if the reasons for accepting influenza vaccine by HCP and the frequency of vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) in 2010-2011 were different compared to 2009-2010. The AEs were detected by telephoning the worker one week after the vaccination. The coverage for seasonal vaccination in 2009-2010 was 31.0%, whereas that for 2009 pandemic influenza (H1NI) was 22.2% and 24.4% (p<0.05) in 2010-2011. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated during the three campaigns was to "protect my health". Over 80.5% of the HCP reported 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccine-related AEs compared to the 25.3% and 25.4% reporting seasonal vaccine-related AEs in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 respectively (p<0.05). None of the AEs were severe. Specific measures should be implemented in our country to recover and improve poor vaccination coverage.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22154772
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22154772