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- Title
Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel - United States, 2015-16 Influenza Season.
- Authors
Black, Carla L.; Xin Yue; Ball, Sarah W.; Donahue, Sara M. A.; Izrael, David; de Perio, Marie A.; Laney, A. Scott; Williams, Walter W.; Lindley, Megan C.; Graitcer, Samuel B.; Peng-Jun Lu; DiSogra, Charles; Devlin, Rebecca; Walker, Deborah K.; Greby, Stacie M.; Yue, Xin; Lu, Peng-Jun
- Abstract
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends annual influenza vaccination for all health care personnel to reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality among both health care personnel and their patients (1-4). To estimate influenza vaccination coverage among U.S. health care personnel for the 2015-16 influenza season, CDC conducted an opt-in Internet panel survey of 2,258 health care personnel during March 28-April 14, 2016. Overall, 79.0% of survey participants reported receiving an influenza vaccination during the 2015-16 season, similar to the 77.3% coverage reported for the 2014-15 season (5). Coverage in long-term care settings increased by 5.3 percentage points compared with the previous season. Vaccination coverage continued to be higher among health care personnel working in hospitals (91.2%) and lower among health care personnel working in ambulatory (79.8%) and long-term care settings (69.2%). Coverage continued to be highest among physicians (95.6%) and lowest among assistants and aides (64.1%), and highest overall among health care personnel who were required by their employer to be vaccinated (96.5%). Among health care personnel working in settings where vaccination was neither required, promoted, nor offered onsite, vaccination coverage continued to be low (44.9%). An increased percentage of health care personnel reporting a vaccination requirement or onsite vaccination availability compared with earlier influenza seasons might have contributed to the overall increase in vaccination coverage during the past 6 influenza seasons.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INFLUENZA vaccines; INFLUENZA prevention; ABT Associates Inc.; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); MEDICAL personnel; IMMUNIZATION; SEASONS
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 38, p1026
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm6538a2