A patient safety issue: mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers
- With respect to nosocomial influenza infections, the welfare of patients is best served by high rates of staff immunity against influenza. However, data from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) in the USA and the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) in Germany indicate that most of health care workers (HCWs) choose not to be vaccinated. Under voluntary influenza immunization standards, institutional influenza outbreaks occur every flu season. The question about the legality of implementation mandatory flu vaccination for HCWs is an ongoing debate, which covers several different positions. To characterize the attitudes of German HCWs toward mandatory influenza immunization, an anonymous questionnaire was offered to HCWs of the University Hospital in Frankfurt/Main / Germany. Our study showed that almost 70% of the respondents would accept mandatory influenza vaccination. In our opinion an annual influenza vaccination should be required for HCWs who care for immunocompromised patients and residents in long-term care if there will be a failure of voluntary vaccination programs. An informed declination should be obtained from employees who decline vaccination and these HCWs ought to work in uncritical areas of patient care.
Verfasserangaben: | Sabine WickerORCiDGND, Holger RabenauORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-759633 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.provac.2010.03.018 |
ISSN: | 1877-282X |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Procedia in Vaccinology |
Verlag: | Elsevier |
Verlagsort: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
Dokumentart: | Konferenzveröffentlichung |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Fertigstellung: | 2010 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2010 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Beteiligte Körperschaft: | Vaccine Global Congress (3 : 2009 : Singapur) |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 18.09.2023 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Healthcare worker; Influenza; Mandatory Vaccinations; Vaccine uptake rate |
Jahrgang: | 2 |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 1 |
Seitenzahl: | 5 |
Erste Seite: | 101 |
Letzte Seite: | 105 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 512122571 |
Institute: | Medizin |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |