On being the first: Virginia mason medical center and mandatory influenza vaccination of healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 889-892

  Talbot, Thomas R ^a   Schaffner, William ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NOTE;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77955742418     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656211     Document Type: Note

References (17)

1. Rotter ML. Semmelweis' sesquicentennial: a little-noted anniversary of handwashing. Curr Opin Infect Dis 1998;11(4):457-460.
2. Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients in intensive care units-Pennsylvania, April 2001-March 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 54 (40) p1013-1016.
3. Berenholtz SM, Pronovost PJ, Lipsett PA, et al. Eliminating catheterrelated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2004;32(10):2014-2020.
4. Rakita RM, Hagar BA, Crome P, Lammert JK. Mandatory influenza vaccination of healthcare workers: a 5-year study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31(9):881-888 (in this issue).
5. Fiore AE, Shay DK, Broder K, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac tices (ACIP), 2009 [published correction appears in MMWR Recomm Rep 2009;58(32):896-897]. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009;58(RR-8):1-52.
6. Lindley MC, Yonek J, Ahmed F, Perz JF,Williams Torres G. Measurement of influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009;30(12):1150-1157.
7. Talbot TR, Dellit TH, Hebden J, Sama D, Cuny J. Factors associated with increased healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates: results from a national survey of university hospitals and medical centers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31(5):456-462.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza (flu). Flu activity & surveillance. CDC Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ weekly/fluactivity.htm. Accessed June 21, 2010.
9. Immunization Action Coalition (IAC). Vaccination information for healthcare professionals. http://www.immunize.org. Accessed July 19, 2010.
10. University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). https://www.uhc.edu. Accessed July 19, 2010.
11. Emerging Infections Network (EIN). Infectious Diseases Society ofAmerica Web site. http://ein.idsociety.org. Accessed July 19, 2010.
12. Babcock HM, Gemeinhart N, Jones M, Dunagan WC, Woeltje KF. Mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers: translating policy to practice. Clin Infect Dis 2010;50(4):459-464.
13. Cormier SB, Septimus E, Moody JA, Hickok JD, Perlin JB. Implementation of a successful seasonal influenza vaccine strategy in a large healthcare system. In: Programs and abstracts of the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections. Arlington, VA: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2010. Abstract 385.
14. Daines RF. Mandatory flu vaccine for health care workers. New York State Department of Health. September 24, 2009. http://www.nyhealth.gov/ press/releases/2009/2009-09-24-health-care-worker-vaccine-daines-oped .htm. Accessed February 22, 2010.
15. The flu shot scam: discovering the truth about the influenza vaccine program. http://www.jeffreywarber.com/hc%20pages/fluscam2.html#anchor6. Accessed June 22, 2010.
16. Omer SB, Salmon DA, Orenstein WA, deHart MP, Halsey N. Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. N Engl J Med 2009;360(19):1981-1988.
17. Orenstein WA, Hinman AR. The immunization system in the United States-the role of school immunization laws. Vaccine 1999;17(suppl 3): S19-S24.