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Objective: To compare COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among hospital employees by demographics. Methods: Our institution has offered an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to all employees since January 2021. We collected data on vaccination rates among hospital employees and looked for differences in demographic groups to determine in which groups vaccine hesitancy is the highest. Those who received at least one dose of vaccine were considered “vaccinated” for this study. Results: There was a 71% vaccination rate among all hospital employees as of March 10, 2021. Age over 50 (odds ratio 1.85, 95% CI 1.53 to 2.24, p<0.01), working in a clinical department (odds ratio 1.19, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.42, p = 0.02), and white race compared to black/African American race (odds ratio 4.55, 95% CI 3.74 to 5.52, p<0.01) were all significant factors for receiving vaccination. Gender (odds ratio 1.12, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.35, p=0.10) was not significant. Conclusions: In a population with equal access to the COVID-19 vaccine, there were significant differences in vaccination rates among different demographic groups. Employees under 50 years of age, non-clinical employees, and black/African American employees were less likely to be vaccinated. This suggests that attitudes towards vaccination, and not simply access to the vaccine, are factors in vaccination rates.

A retrospective analysis of 13,946 Staphylococcus aureus isolates revealed a stable incidence of isolates that were resistant to both clindamycin and erythromycin, but a significantly increasing incidence of isolates that were susceptible to clindamycin and resistant to erythromycin during 1991-1995, 1996-2000, and 2001-2005. The use of macrolides and clindamycin also increased during 1996-2005. The incidence of S. aureus isolates with inducible clindamycin resistance increased steadily and significantly during the period from August 2004 through December 2005.

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