Improving influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers by on-site influenza vaccination campaign in a tertiary children hospital

Oğuz, Melahat Melek

doi:10.1080/21645515.2019.1575164

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“…One of the reasons of this increase was the implementation of the multicomponent strategy including the education of HCWs about vaccination, the active promotion of the vaccination campaign and the easy access to influenza vaccination free of charge, obtained mainly thanks to OSV intervention. Nevertheless, the overall vaccination coverage rate was lower than those reached in other international settings [22,27,29,51,52], thus remaining unsatisfactory and still far away by the minimum goal of 75% defined by the WHO and by the Italian PNPV (PNPV 2017-2019) [10,11]. However, the vaccination coverage registered in our teaching hospital represents an encouraging starting point and it is analogous, or even higher, than flu vaccination coverage rates registered in other national and regional settings [29,32,33,39,50,[53][54][55].…”

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“…This strategy emerged as request from HCWs who participated at the FT [42]. Thought, this project has been already used elsewhere, as reported in the scientific literature [39,[47][48][49][50][51]. The OSV consisted of personal visit by 2 trained medical residents in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (Public Health) and/or Occupational Medicine to wards to perform influenza immunization counseling and to vaccinate free of charge HCWs who wanted to be vaccinated.…”

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Strategies to Increase Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers: A 4 Years Study in a Large Italian Teaching Hospital

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Flu vaccination is recommended among healthcare workers (HCWs). The low vaccination coverage registered in our hospital among HCWs called for new engaging approaches to improve flu vaccination coverage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of different strategies implemented during the last four years (2015–2019). A quasi-experimental study was conducted, involving almost 4000 HCWs each year. Starting from the 2015–2016 campaign, new evidence-based strategies were progressively implemented. At the end of each campaign, an evaluation of the vaccination coverage rate reached was performed. Moreover, during the last three campaigns, differences in coverage among job category, wards involved or not in on-site vaccination (OSV) intervention, age classes and gender were analyzed. An increasing flu vaccination coverage rate was registered, from 6% in 2015–2016 to almost 22% at the end of 2018–2019. The overall number of vaccinated HCWs increased, especially at younger ages. OSV strategy always leads to better results, and physicians always show a higher vaccination coverage than nurses and other HCWs. The implemented strategies were effective in achieving higher flu vaccination coverage among HCWs in our hospital and therefore can be considered valuable examples of good prevention practices in hospital settings.

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Strategies to Increase Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers: A 4 Years Study in a Large Italian Teaching Hospital

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“…Concerning the relative increase in VC regardless of initial and achieved VC, the most effective strategies were OSV (relative average increase 113.6%, SD: ± 102.7%, range 30.8–263.6%) and education/promotion (relative average increase 65.9%, SD: ± 55.8%, range 14.5–162.5%). However, regarding OSV, one outlier has to be considered: after implementation of OSV in a Turkish hospital, VC increased from 11 to 40% [ 25 ]. When comparing the potential relative increase between key interventions, the heterogeneity of the studies as well as the unbalanced number of studies in regard to key interventions has to be considered.…”

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“…Organizational aspects which facilitated access to the vaccine were implemented in eight studies [18,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27]; however, OSV was highlighted as a main intervention in only four campaigns [23,[25][26][27]. OSV as implemented key intervention increased VC overall by 113.6% (SD: ± 102.7%, range 30.8%-263.6%) (Table1).…”

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Increasing influenza vaccination coverage in healthcare workers: a review on campaign strategies and their effect

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Purpose Increasing influenza vaccination coverage in healthcare workers is a challenge. Especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, high vaccination coverage should be attained. This review analyzed strategies to increase influenza vaccination coverage in healthcare workers. Methods A literature search using PubMed was conducted and 32 publications on influenza vaccination campaigns for healthcare workers were reviewed for key interventions and resulting vaccination coverage. Results Among key interventions analyzed, mandatory vaccination policies or multifaceted campaigns including a vaccinate-or-wear-a-mask policy as well as mandatory declination reached vaccination coverage in healthcare workers of over 90%. Although campaigns solely based on education and promotion or on-site-vaccination did not regularly exceed an absolute vaccination coverage of 40%, a substantial relative increase in vaccination coverage was reached by implementation of these strategies. Conclusion Mandatory vaccination policies are effective measures to achieve high overall vaccination coverage. In clinics where policies are infeasible, multifaceted campaigns comprising on-site vaccination, vaccination stands and educational and promotional campaigns as well as incentives should be implemented. Lessons learned from influenza campaigns could be implemented in future SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaigns.

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PROTOCOL: Exploring education to support vaccine confidence amongst healthcare and long‐term care staff amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: A protocol for a living scoping review

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Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of vaccines, varying levels of hesitancy were observed among healthcare and long‐term care workers, who were prioritized in the roll out of COVID‐19 vaccines due to their high risk of exposure to SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission. However, the evidence around the measurable impact of various educational interventions to improve vaccine confidence is limited. The proposed scoping review is intended to explore any emerging research and experiences of delivering educational interventions to improve COVID‐19 vaccine confidence among health and long‐term care workforces. We aim to identify characteristics of both informal and formal educational interventions delivered during the pandemic to support COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy. Using the guidance outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute, we intend to search five databases including, Ovid MEDLINE and Web of Science, as well as grey literature. We will consider all study designs and reports in an effort to include a breadth of sources to ensure our review will capture preliminary evidence, as well as more exploratory experiences of COVID‐19 vaccine education delivery. Articles will be screened by three reviewers independently and the data will be charted, and results described narratively.

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Improving influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers by on-site influenza vaccination campaign in a tertiary children hospital

Cited by 28 publications

References 30 publications

Strategies to Increase Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers: A 4 Years Study in a Large Italian Teaching Hospital

Strategies to Increase Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers: A 4 Years Study in a Large Italian Teaching Hospital

Increasing influenza vaccination coverage in healthcare workers: a review on campaign strategies and their effect

PROTOCOL: Exploring education to support vaccine confidence amongst healthcare and long‐term care staff amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: A protocol for a living scoping review

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