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.)
Año2009
Volumen99
Número1
Páginas24-29
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2008.136440
PMID19008501
PMCIDPMC2636609
OpenAlexW2041379728
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias 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