2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.08.023
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Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department: Are Our Patients at Risk?

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“…The low rates of influenza vaccination and increased risk of sequelae in children garner interest in developing new strategies aimed at increasing childhood influenza vaccine uptake [5,6], including administration of the influenza vaccine in school [7], inpatient [8], and pediatric emergency department (PED) settings [9,10]. Although feasibility of an emergency department-based vaccination program has been demonstrated in adults [11], several barriers remain to improving influenza vaccine uptake by administering it in a PED setting.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The low rates of influenza vaccination and increased risk of sequelae in children garner interest in developing new strategies aimed at increasing childhood influenza vaccine uptake [5,6], including administration of the influenza vaccine in school [7], inpatient [8], and pediatric emergency department (PED) settings [9,10]. Although feasibility of an emergency department-based vaccination program has been demonstrated in adults [11], several barriers remain to improving influenza vaccine uptake by administering it in a PED setting.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although frequently presumed to be appropriate by healthcare professionals, 26,27 it is ethically imprudent for wardens or other prison officials to serve as a patient's surrogate decision‐maker unless explicitly and non‐coercively chosen by the patient. Courts have repeatedly ruled that prison officials and LE officers are not court‐appointed legal guardians and cannot make medical decisions for individuals in custody 20,28 . Moreover, correctional personnel have significant potential conflicts of interest if asked to serve as surrogate decision‐makers for those in their custody, including making decisions based on the cost of treatment to a correctional institution 25…”
Section: Patients In Custody Are Their Own Medical Decision‐makersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Plus de 1,8 million de patients ont consulté une SU dans la région Occitanie lors de l'année 2017 (+ 3 % par rapport à 2016) [2,3] Le personnel du pôle de médecine d'urgences (PMU) travaillant en SU ou en service d'aide médicale urgente (Samu) est en contact permanent avec des patients fragiles et des patients grippés. D'après les études internationales, 42 % des patients pris en charge en SU sont à risque de grippe grave contre 31 % dans la population générale [4][5][6]. Il est donc nécessaire que le personnel soignant du PMU soit vac-ciné pour lutter contre la propagation du virus et pour protéger les patients à risque.…”
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