Survey on Use of and Attitudes Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Emergency Department Staff in a New York Metropolitan Hospital

Piccirillo, Barbara; Gaeta, Theodore J.

doi:10.1086/504448

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“…All studies included at least one demographic predictor (gender, age or occupation), eight studies included at least one behavioural predictor, and two studies included an organisational predictor. All studies were carried out in developed countries: six were performed in the USA,9 10 17 18 21 22 three in Europe,16 20 25 two in Canada19 23 and one in Australia,24 and one study was a multi-nationality survey 15. In most of the studies, influenza vaccines were provided for free by the hospitals on an annual, voluntary basis.…”

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Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals: a descriptive meta-analysis

2011

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Knowing that the vaccine is effective (mhRR 2.22; 95% CI 1.93 to 2.54), being willing to prevent influenza transmission (mhRR 2.31; 95% CI 1.97 to 2.70), believing that influenza is highly contagious (RR 2.25; 95% CI 1.66 to 3.05), believing that influenza prevention is important (mhRR 3.63; 95% CI 2.87 to 4.59) and having a family that is usually vaccinated (RR 2.32; 95% CI 1.64 to 3.28) were statistically significantly associated with a twofold higher vaccine uptake. We therefore recommend targeting these predictors when developing new influenza vaccination implementation strategies for hospital HCWs.

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Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals: a descriptive meta-analysis

2011

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“…This low vaccination rate is comparable to findings reported from various studies done in different countries. In one study conducted in US hospital setting, the vaccination rate among HCWs working in the emergency department was 28% 11. In another study done in Australia, the percentage of vaccine recipients among HCWs was only 22%.…”

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Influenza Vaccination: Healthcare Workers Attitude in Three Middle East Countries

Abu‐Gharbieh¹,

Fahmy²,

Rasool³

et al. 2010

Int. J. Med. Sci.

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Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) pose a potential risk of transmitting communicable diseases in the hospital settings where they usually work. This study aims to determine the current influenza vaccination rates among HCWs in three Middle East countries namely United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Oman, and also to identify the different variables associated with the noncompliance of HCWs to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) set in those countries. Methods: 1500 questionnaires were distributed to health care workers in the three countries during the period of July-October 2009. Results: Among 993 respondents, the vaccination rate was 24.7%, 67.2% and 46.4% in UAE, Kuwait and Oman, respectively. The different motivating factors that influenced the health care workers to take the vaccine was assessed and found that the most common factor that influenced their decision to take the vaccine was for their self protection (59%). On the other hand, the most common reason that discouraged HCWs to take the vaccine was “lack of time” as reported by 31.8% of the respondents. Other reasons for not taking the vaccine were unawareness of vaccine availability (29.4%), unavailability of vaccine (25.4%), doubts about vaccine efficacy (24.9%), lack of information about importance (20.1%) and concerns about its side effects (17.3%). Conclusions: influenza immunization by healthcare workers in the studied countries was suboptimal which could be improved by setting different interventions and educational programs to increase vaccination acceptance among HCWs.

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“…In fact, employee resistance was the most commonly cited barrier to increasing vaccination rates. Lack of knowledge has been cited as a barrier to vaccination in other studies [13][14][15]. HCWs commonly avoid vaccination because they think that they can get sick from the vaccine or because they perceive the vaccine to be ineffective.…”

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Elements of Influenza Vaccination Programs That Predict Higher Vaccination Rates: Results of an Emerging Infections Network Survey

Polgreen¹,

Chen²,

Beekmann³

et al. 2008

Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Introduction.To address suboptimal influenza vaccination rates among health care workers, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently issued recommendations designed to increase the number of health care workers vaccinated against influenza. The purpose of the present study was to determine how widely these recommendations have been implemented and to identify important elements of successful influenza vaccine programs.Methods. The Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network surveyed 991 infectious diseases consultants. Infectious diseases consultants were asked about vaccination programs and vaccination rates at their respective institutions. Multinomial logistic regression models based on proportional odds were used to determine predictors of vaccination-rate categories. All program elements were significant univariable factors in predicting vaccination rates. Because the program elements were highly associated with one another, principal components analysis was used to find combinations of the covariates that would serve as optimal predictors of higher vaccination rates.Results. Most infectious diseases consultants indicated that the vaccination rate for all health care workers in their institution had a range of 41%-60%. Vaccination rates were significantly higher in institutions that required signed declination statements (). In the model based on principal components analysis for predicting P p .004 institutional vaccination rates, only the first principal component warranted retention ( ). In this component, P ! .001 the program elements weighted the most heavily were (1) offering the influenza vaccine free of charge, (2) providing adequate staff and resources, and (3) educating targeted groups of health care workers. Requiring signed declinations was not heavily weighted.Conclusion. Influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal, and hospitals have not completely implemented the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee-Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations to maximize vaccination rates.

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Survey on Use of and Attitudes Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Emergency Department Staff in a New York Metropolitan Hospital

Cited by 35 publications

References 21 publications

Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals: a descriptive meta-analysis

Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals: a descriptive meta-analysis

Influenza Vaccination: Healthcare Workers Attitude in Three Middle East Countries

Elements of Influenza Vaccination Programs That Predict Higher Vaccination Rates: Results of an Emerging Infections Network Survey

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