Measuring the impact of influenza vaccination on healthcare worker absenteeism in the context of a province-wide mandatory vaccinate-or-mask policy

Murti, Michelle; Otterstatter, Michael; Orth, Alison; Balshaw, Robert; Halani, Khalif; Brown, Paul; Hejazi, Samar; Thompson, Darby J. S.; Allison, Sandra; Bharmal, Aamir; Dawar, Meena; Hoyano, Dee; Lee, Victoria; Naus, Monika; Pollock, Sue; Bevanda, John; Coughlin, Sandy; Fitzgerald, Jessica; Keen, Dave; Maracle, Melanie; Sprague, Stacy; Henry, Bonnie

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.014

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“…Thus, it is imperative to vaccinate a maximum number of HCWs to prevent the infection among HCWs and loss of critical workforce. Studies have shown that vaccination of HCWs with influenza vaccine decreases patient mortality and staff absenteeism [15][16][17][18]. It would be reasonable to expect a similar benefit with COVID-19 vaccination.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States

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Background: Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine will play a major role in combating the pandemic. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are among the first group to receive vaccination, so it is important to consider their attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination to better address barriers to widespread vaccination acceptance. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study to assess the attitude of HCWs toward COVID-19 vaccination. Data were collected between 7 October and 9 November 2020. We received 4080 responses out of which 3479 were complete responses and were included in the final analysis. Results: 36% of respondents were willing to take the vaccine as soon as it became available while 56% were not sure or would wait to review more data. Only 8% of HCWs do not plan to get vaccine. Vaccine acceptance increased with increasing age, education, and income level. A smaller percentage of female (31%), Black (19%), Lantinx (30%), and rural (26%) HCWs were willing to take the vaccine as soon as it became available than the overall study population. Direct medical care providers had higher vaccine acceptance (49%). Safety (69%), effectiveness (69%), and speed of development/approval (74%) were noted as the most common concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination in our survey.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States

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“…Thus, it is imperative to vaccinate a maximum number of HCWs to prevent infection among HCWs and loss of critical workforce when there is already a critical shortage. Studies have shown that vaccination of HCWs with influenza vaccine decreases mortality and absenteeism [19][20][21][22] . It would be reasonable to expect a similar trend with COVID-19 vaccine.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Health Care Workers in the United States

Shekhar

Sheikh

Upadhyay

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BackgroundAcceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine will play a major role in combating the pandemic. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are amongst the first group to receive vaccination, so it is important to consider their attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination to better address barriers to widespread vaccination acceptance.MethodsWe conducted a cross sectional study to assess the attitude of HCWs toward COVID-19 vaccination. Data was collected between October 7th and November 9th, 2020. We received 4080 responses out of which 3479 were complete responses and were included in final analysis.Results36% of respondents were willing to take the vaccine as soon as it became available while 56% were not sure or would wait to review more data. Vaccine acceptance increased with increasing age, education, and income level. Lower acceptance was noted in females (31%), Black (10%), Latinx (30%) and Conservative/Republican (21%) HCWs, and those working in a rural setting (26%). Direct medical care providers had higher vaccine acceptance (49%). Safety (69%), effectiveness (69%) and speed of development/approval (74%) were noted as the most common concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination in our survey.ConclusionImmediate acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine is low, with the majority of HCWs choosing to wait to review more data before deciding on personal vaccination. Overall attitudes toward vaccination were positive but specific concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccine are prevalent. Differences in vaccine acceptance were noted between individual and group characteristics which should be addressed to avoid exacerbating health inequities.

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“…There were also reports that influenza virus infections in HCP were associated with nosocomial outbreaks [8,9]. Seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) can significantly reduce the risk of seasonal influenza virus infection among HCP, reduce work absenteeism and also confer the protection onward to patients and their families [1,10,11]. The World Health Organization recommends that HCP should be vaccinated against influenza each year and free SIV has been provided to HCP in many locations [12,13].…”

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What influenza vaccination programmes are preferred by healthcare personnel? A discrete choice experiment

Liao

Cowling

2020

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Objectives: This study examined the relative importance of factors relating to vaccine characteristics, social normative influence and convenience in access to vaccine for determining decision making for seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) among healthcare personnel (HCP), aiming to optimize existing influenza vaccination programmes for HCP. Methods: A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in HCP working in public hospitals in Hong Kong. The DCE was designed to examine the relative importance of vaccine characteristics (vaccine efficacy and safety), social normative influence reflected by the proportion of HCP colleagues intending to take SIV, and convenience in access to vaccine indicated by vaccination programme duration, vaccination location, vaccination arrangement procedure and service hours in determining influenza vaccination choice among HCP. Mixed logit regression modelling was conducted to examine the preference weight (b) of factors included in the DCE for determining vaccination choice. Results: Vaccination probability increased with increase in vaccine efficacy (b = 0.02 for per 1% increase), vaccination location changing from ''designated staff clinic" to ''mobile station" (b = 0.37), vaccination arrangement procedure changing from ''by appointment" to ''by walk-in" (b = 0.99), but decreased with the increase in probability of mild reactions to vaccination (b = À0.05 for per 1% increase). Conclusion: Vaccine safety was judged to be more important than vaccine efficacy for determining vaccination choice. Arranging vaccination service by walk-in and implementing mobile vaccination station should be considered in future SIV programmes to compensate for the effect of perceived low vaccination efficacy and concerns about vaccine safety to promote SIV uptake among HCP.

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Measuring the impact of influenza vaccination on healthcare worker absenteeism in the context of a province-wide mandatory vaccinate-or-mask policy

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Health Care Workers in the United States

What influenza vaccination programmes are preferred by healthcare personnel? A discrete choice experiment

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