Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers

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ID11035355
AutoresOlga Anikeeva (0000-0002-8725-4171, Olga Anikeeva and Annette Braunack-Mayer are with the Discipline of Public Health, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Wendy Rogers is with the Department of Medical Education, Flinders University, Adelaide.), Annette Braunack-Mayer (0000-0003-4427-0224, Olga Anikeeva and Annette Braunack-Mayer are with the Discipline of Public Health, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Wendy Rogers is with the Department of Medical Education, Flinders University, Adelaide.), William Rogers (0000-0001-9186-870X, Flinders University), Wendy Rogers (Olga Anikeeva and Annette Braunack-Mayer are with the Discipline of Public Health, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Wendy Rogers is with the Department of Medical Education, Flinders University, Adelaide.)
Ano2009
Volume99
Fascículo1
Páginas24-29
Data de publicação2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2008.136440
PMID19008501
PMCIDPMC2636609
OpenAlexW2041379728
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas24

Annual influenza vaccination for health care workers has the potential to benefit health care professionals, their patients, and their families by reducing the transmission of influenza in the health care setting. Furthermore, staff vaccination programs are cost-effective for health care institutions because of reduced staff illness and absenteeism. Despite international recommendations and strong ethical arguments for annual influenza immunization for health care professionals, staff utilization of vaccination remains low. We have analyzed the ethical implications of a variety of efforts to increase vaccination rates, including mandatory influenza vaccination. A program of incentives and sanctions may increase health care worker compliance with fewer ethical impediments than mandatory vaccination

Absenteeism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Immunization · Incentive · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Vaccination · Immunology · Influenza Virus Research Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research