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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 17;6(4)
fy214. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy214. eCollection 2019 Apr.
[h=1]Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers: Not Worthwhile.[/h] Edmond MB[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] In 2010, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology published a recommendation that annual influenza vaccination of healthcare workers be made a condition of employment despite no high-level evidence to support this recommendation. A better strategy for reducing the transmission of respiratory viruses in the healthcare setting would be to encourage vaccination and reduce presenteeism, which is very common among healthcare workers with influenza-like illness. In a hospital with a baseline vaccination compliance of 70%, reducing presenteeism by 2% has the equivalent impact of mandating vaccination in terms of the number of healthcare workers with influenza-like illness at work. Expectations for compliance with interventions to improve the quality of care should be correlated tightly to the underlying evidence to support the intervention, reserving mandates for interventions with very high quality supporting evidence.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] healthcare workers; infection prevention; influenza vaccine
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PMID: 31011587 PMCID: PMC6468124 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy214
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fy214. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy214. eCollection 2019 Apr.[h=1]Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers: Not Worthwhile.[/h] Edmond MB[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] In 2010, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology published a recommendation that annual influenza vaccination of healthcare workers be made a condition of employment despite no high-level evidence to support this recommendation. A better strategy for reducing the transmission of respiratory viruses in the healthcare setting would be to encourage vaccination and reduce presenteeism, which is very common among healthcare workers with influenza-like illness. In a hospital with a baseline vaccination compliance of 70%, reducing presenteeism by 2% has the equivalent impact of mandating vaccination in terms of the number of healthcare workers with influenza-like illness at work. Expectations for compliance with interventions to improve the quality of care should be correlated tightly to the underlying evidence to support the intervention, reserving mandates for interventions with very high quality supporting evidence.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] healthcare workers; infection prevention; influenza vaccine
[h=3]Comment in[/h]
- Universal Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Personnel: Yes We Should. [Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019]
PMID: 31011587 PMCID: PMC6468124 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy214
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