Influenza immunization for all health care personnel: Keep it mandatory

Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 809-818

  Byington, Carrie L ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne A ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^a   Davies, H Dele ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Lynfield, Ruth ^a   Munoz, Flor M ^a   Nolt, Dawn L ^a   Nyquist, Ann Christine ^a   Rathore, Mobeen H ^a   Sawyer, Mark H ^a   Steinbach, William J ^a   Tan, Tina Q ^a   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LONG TERM CARE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIMULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; CHILD; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CHILD; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84942862710     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-2922     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Salgado CD, Farr BM, Hall KK, Hayden FG. Influenza in the acute hospital setting. [erratum in Lancet Infect Dis. 2002; 2 (6): 383] Lancet Infect Dis. 2002; 2 (3): 145-155
2. Taylor G, Mitchell R, McGeer A, et al; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Healthcareassociated influenza in Canadian hospitals from 2006 to 2012. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35 (2): 169-175
3. Cunney RJ, Bialachowski A, Thornley D, Smaill FM, Pennie RA. An outbreak of influenza A in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000; 21 (7): 449-454
4. Weinstock DM, Eagan J, Malak SA, et al. Control of influenza A on a bone marrow transplant unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000; 21 (11): 730-732
5. Healthy People 2020. Available at: Www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives/topic/immunization-andinfectious-diseases/objectives?topicId= 23. Accessed February 25, 2015
6. Black CL, Yue X, Ball SW, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Influenza vaccination coverage among health care personnel-United States, 2013-14 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63 (37): 805-811
7. Galanakis E, Jansen A, Lopalco PL, Giesecke J. Ethics of mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. Euro Surveill. 2013; 18 (45): 20627
8. Lee LM. Adding justice to the clinical and public health ethics arguments for mandatory seasonal influenza immunisation for healthcare workers. J Med Ethics. 2015; 41 (8): 682-686
9. Lantos JD, Jackson MA. Vaccine mandates are justifiable because we are all in this together. Am J Bioeth. 2013; 13 (9): 1-2
10. Rose GA. The Strategy of Preventive Medicine. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 1992
11. Dubov A, Phung C. Nudges or mandates? The ethics of mandatory flu vaccination. Vaccine. 2015; 33 (22): 2530-2535
12. Gostin LO. Law, ethics, and public health in the vaccination debates: Politics of the measles outbreak. JAMA. 2015; 313 (11): 1099-1100
13. Aledort JE, Lurie N, Wasserman J, Bozzette SA. Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions for pandemic influenza: An evaluation of the evidence base. BMC Public Health. 2007; 7: 208
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seasonal influenza Q& A. Available at: Www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm. Accessed February 25, 2015
15. Poland GA, Tosh P, Jacobson RM. Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: Seven truths we must accept. Vaccine. 2005; 23 (17-18): 2251-2255
16. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Recommendations for prevention and control of influenza in children, 2015-2016. Pediatrics. 2015; 136 (5):
17. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) -United States, 2013-2014. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2013; 62 (RR-07): 1-43
18. D'Mello T, Brammer L, Blanton L, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Update: Influenza activity-United States, September 28, 2014-February 21, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015; 64 (8): 206-212
19. Ridgway JP, Bartlett AH, Garcia-Houchins S, et al. Influenza among afebrile and vaccinated healthcare workers. Clin Infect Dis. 2015; 60 (11): 1591-1595
20. Ahmed F, Lindley MC, Allred N, Weinbaum CM, Grohskopf L. Effect of influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel on morbidity and mortality among patients: Systematic review and grading of evidence. Clin Infect Dis. 2014; 58 (1): 50-57
21. Thomas RE, Jefferson T, Lasserson TJ. Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who care for people aged 60 or older living in long-term care institutions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 7 (7): CD005187
22. Molinari NA, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Messonnier ML, et al. The annual impact of seasonal influenza in the US: Measuring disease burden and costs. Vaccine. 2007; 25 (27): 5086-5096
23. Nichol KL, D'Heilly SJ, Greenberg ME, Ehlinger E. Burden of influenza-like illness and effectiveness of influenza vaccination among working adults aged 50-64 years. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48 (3): 292-298
24. Van Buynder PG, Konrad S, Kersteins F, et al. Healthcare worker influenza immunization vaccinate or mask policy: Strategies for cost effective implementation and subsequent reductions in staff absenteeism due to illness. Vaccine. 2015; 33 (13): 1625-1628
25. Ablah E, Konda K, Tinius A, Long R, Vermie G, Burbach C. Influenza vaccine coverage and presenteeism in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Am J Infect Control. 2008; 36 (8): 588-591
26. Lee BY, Bailey RR, Wiringa AE, et al. Economics of employer-sponsored workplace vaccination to prevent pandemic and seasonal influenza. Vaccine. 2010; 28 (37): 5952-5959
27. Fiore AE, Uyeki TM, Broder K, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) , 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010; 59 (RR-8): 1-62
28. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Prevention and control of influenza. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1984; 33 (19): 253-260, 265-266
29. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Table: Self-reported influenza vaccination coverage trends 1989-2008 among adults by age group, risk group, race/ethnicity, health-care worker status, and pregnancy status, United States, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Available at: Www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/professionals/nhis89-08fluvaxtrendtab. pdf. Accessed March 3, 2015
30. Lindley MC, Bridges CB, Strikas RA, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Influenza vaccination performance measurement among acute care hospital-based health care personnel-United States, 2013-14 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63 (37): 812-815
31. Polgreen PM, Septimus EJ, Parry MF, et al. Relationship of influenza vaccination declination statements and influenza vaccination rates for healthcare workers in 22 US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008; 29 (7): 675-677
32. Douville LE, Myers A, Jackson MA, Lantos JD. Health care worker knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding mandatory influenza vaccination. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010; 164 (1): 33-37
33. Naleway AL, Henkle EM, Ball S, et al. Barriers and facilitators to influenza vaccination and vaccine coverage in a cohort of health care personnel. Am J Infect Control. 2014; 42 (4): 371-375
34. The Joint Commission. Providing a safer environment for health care personnel and patients through influenza vaccination. In: Strategies from Research and Practice. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; 2009: 1-87
35. Talbot TR, Crocker DD, Peters J, et al. Duration of virus shedding after trivalent intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccination in adults. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005; 26 (5): 494-500
36. Pavia AT. Mandate to protect patients from health care-associated influenza. [editorial] Clin Infect Dis. 2010; 50 (4): 465-467
37. Wilde JA, McMillan JA, Serwint J, Butta J, O'Riordan MA, Steinhoff MC. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in health care professionals: A randomized trial. JAMA. 1999; 281 (10): 908-913
38. Hodge JG Jr, Gostin LO. School Vaccination Requirements: Historical, Social, and Legal Perspectives: A State of the Art Assessment of Law and Policy. Baltimore, MD: Center for Law and the Public's Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities; 2002
39. Immunization Action Coalition. Influenza vaccination honor roll. Available at: Www.immunize.org/honor-roll/influenzamandates/default.asp. Accessed February 25, 2015
40. Miller BL, Ahmed F, Lindley MC, Wortley PM. Increases in vaccination coverage of healthcare personnel following institutional requirements for influenza vaccination: A national survey of U.S. hospitals. Vaccine. 2011; 29 (50): 9398-9403
41. 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
42. 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
43. Palmore TN, Vandersluis JP, Morris J, et al. A successful mandatory influenza vaccination campaign using an innovative electronic tracking system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009; 30 (12): 1137-1142
44. Tucker ME. Mandating flu shots gets the job done. Pediatr News. 2010; 44 (4): 16
45. Quan K, Tehrani DM, Dickey L, et al. Voluntary to mandatory: Evolution of strategies and attitudes toward influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012; 33 (1): 63-70
46. Maurer J, Harris KM, Black CL, Euler GL. Support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements among US healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012; 33 (3): 213-221
47. Linam WM, Gilliam CH, Honeycutt M, Wisdom C, Swearingen CJ, Romero JR. Parental perceptions about required influenza immunization of pediatric healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35 (10): 1301-1303
48. The American Academy of Family Physicians Press Release. AAFP supports mandatory flu vaccinations for health care personnel. June 2011. Available at: Www.aafp.org/news/health-of-The-public/20110613mandatoryfluvacc.html. Accessed June 29, 2015
49. American Hospital Association. AHA endorses patient safety policies requiring influenza vaccination of health care workers. July 2011. Available at: Www.aha.org/advocacyissues/tools-resources/advisory/2011/110722-quality-adv.pdf. Accessed June 29, 2015
50. IDSA, SHEA, PIDS. IDSA, SHEA, and PIDS joint policy statement on mandatory immunization of health care personnel according to the ACIP-recommended vaccine schedule. December 2013. Available at: Www.idsociety.org/uploadedFiles/IDSA/Policy-and-Advocacy/Current-Topics-and-Issues/Immunizations-and-Vaccines/Health-Care-Worker-Immunization/Statements/IDSA-SHEA-PIDS%20Policy%20on%20Mandatory%20Immunization%20of%20HCP.pdf. Accessed June 29, 2015
51. Greene LR, Cox T, Dolan S, et al. APIC position paper: Influenza vaccination should be a condition of employment for healthcare personnel, unless medically contraindicated. January 2011. Available at: Www.apic.org/Resource-/TinyMceFileManager/Advocacy-PDFs/APIC-Influenza-Immunization-of-HCP-12711.PDF. Accessed June 29, 2015
52. American Public Health Association. APHA policy statement: Annual influenza vaccination requirements for health workers. 2010. Available at: Www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/publichealth-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/11/14/36/annual-influenzavaccination-requirements-for-healthworkers. Accessed June 29, 2015
53. Stewart AM, Cox MA. State law and influenza vaccination of health care personnel. Vaccine. 2013; 31 (5): 827-832
54. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State immunization laws for healthcare workers and patients: Immunization administration requirements for influenza. Available at: Http://www2a.cdc.gov/vaccines/statevaccsApp/AdministrationbyVaccine. asp?Vaccinetmp=Influenza. Accessed February 25, 2015
55. Lindley MC, Dube D, Kalayil EJ, Kim H, Paiva K, Raymond P. Qualitative evaluation of Rhode Island's healthcare worker influenza vaccination regulations. Vaccine. 2014; 32 (45): 5962-5966
56. Kim HH, Raymond P, Washburn T, Cappelli D. Influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare workers during the 2013-14 influenza season in Rhode Island. R I Med J (2013). 2014; 97 (10): 60-62
57. Harris KM, Uscher-Pines L, Han B, Lindley MC, Lorick SA. The impact of influenza vaccination requirements for hospital personnel in California: Knowledge, attitudes, and vaccine uptake. Am J Infect Control. 2014; 42 (3): 288-293
58. Stewart AM. Mandatory vaccination of health care workers. N Engl J Med. 2009; 361 (21): 2015-2017
59. Tucker SJ, Poland GA, Jacobson RM. Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers. Am J Nurs. 2008; 108 (2): 32-34
60. Wynia MK. Mandating vaccination: What counts as a "mandate" in public health and when should they be used? Am J Bioeth. 2007; 7 (12): 2-6