Information for Healthcare Professionals
Influenza - prevent a bad disease with a good vaccine! |
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| Vaccinating Healthcare Workers |
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| Vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs)
has been shown to reduce influenza infection and absenteeism among HCWs, prevent
mortality in their patients, and result in financial savings to sponsoring
health institutions. Influenza vaccination coverage among HCWs in the United
States, however, remains low. |
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| Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policies for Healthcare Workers |
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| The best way to prevent transmission of influenza to those persons we serve is to mandate vaccination of the healthcare worker. The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) maintains a list champions who have taken the lead in mandating healthcare worker vaccination against influenza on an annual basis.
Visit the Honor Roll for Patient Safety. |
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Join the Honor Roll Today |
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| Fill out this online form to tell IAC about influenza vaccination mandates in your healthcare setting |
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| Best Practices for Increasing Influenza Vaccination Rates
among Healthcare Workers |
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| The National Influenza Vaccine Summit seeks examples of
programs that have been particularly effective in increasing influenza
vaccination rates of healthcare workers. With their permission, we are posting
an assortment of those who have responded to the Summit's request. If you would
be willing to have your success story listed, please complete the Healthcare Worker Influenza
Vaccination Program Reporting Form. We will re-confirm the information with
you before it is posted. |
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| Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New
York |
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| Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula,
Monterey, California |
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| Family HealthCare Network, Visalia, California |
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| Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont |
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| Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, Texas |
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| Market Square Health Care Center, South Paris,
Maine |
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| Market Square Health Care Center, South Paris,
Maine |
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| Meadow View Terrace, Clarksville, Virginia |
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| Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
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| Neosha Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute,
Kansas |
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| North End Rehab and Nursing Center, Boston,
Massachusetts |
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| Ridgeview Place Assisted Living, Sauk Rapids,
Minnesota |
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| Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington |
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| St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis,
Missouri |
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| Tool Kits and Other Materials Developed and/or Distributed by State and National
Organizations |
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American Medical Directors Association (AMDA):
"Immunization in the Long Term Care Setting" tool kit contains sample policies and models to help
long-term care facilities boost vaccination compliance among both residents and
staff, as well as guidance for dealing with influenza outbreaks.
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| American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP): Stop the flu – it starts
with you! This web-based resource center is designed to inform, educate, and
engage pharmacists as advocates in efforts to improve seasonal influenza
immunization rates among health care workers. |
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| Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC):
"Protect Your Patients. Protect Yourself." This toolkit features
a variety of helpful resource materials that can be used to encourage health care institutions to implement or expand their health care worker immunization
programs.mpaign. |
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| California Adult Immunization Coalition: "Immunization in Long Term and Acute
Care Facilities Campaign –Health Care Worker Initiative" provides
promotional materials, individual tools, comprehensive toolkits, and background
and general information. |
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| Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the
Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP): "Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel," contains HICPAC
and ACIP recommendations urging that all healthcare personnel be vaccinated
annually against
influenza. |
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Joint Commission (formerly known as the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations): view its monograph "Providing
a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients through
Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice," put
together by the Joint Commission in collaboration with other national
partners (i.e., APIC, CDC, NFID, SHEA). |
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| Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Partnership
for Prevention, Inc.: Maryland Health Care Workers Influenza Initiative
was undertaken to raise vaccination rates
among health care workers by providing resources to support, facility-wide
employee influenza vaccination campaigns, and rewarding immunization
excellence in health care facilities. The initiative subsequently won a
special recognition award in 2009 for a Coalition Campaign from the
National Influenza Vaccine Summit. View presentation slides from the 2009
National Immunization Conference here. |
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| Massachusetts Medical Society: Employee Flu Immunization Campaign Kit,
designed to help hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care settings protect staff and patients from influenza by increasing health care worker immunization rates. The kit includes facts, worksheets, promotional materials, tips, and step-by-step instructions on how to plan and conduct a successful employee flu immunization campaign. |
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| New! Michigan Department of Community Health: "Flu Fighter Action Kit." Using the
philosophy that "anyone who shares air with patients should be vaccinated," this
kit offers users a clearly outlined step-by-step approach to increasing the
influenza vaccination rate among healthcare personnel. The kit includes
ready-to-use materials such as planning templates, a campaign calendar and
timeline, and influenza educational resources. |
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National Foundation for Infectious Disease (NFID) has developed several
excellent monographs on the following issues: |
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) developed a toolkit for
DHHS staff to use in promoting healthcare personnel influenza vaccination as
part of its effort to achieve the Healthy People 2010 objective of 60 percent
vaccination coverage for all healthcare personnel. |
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| Helpful Tools |
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Declination of Influenza Vaccination [PDF]
Use this form to document healthcare worker refusal
to receive vaccination for reasons other than a medical contraindication.
Source: Immunization Action Coalition |
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First Do No Harm. Protect Patients by Making Sure
All Staff Receive Yearly Influenza Vaccine! [PDF]
Source: Immunization Action Coalition |
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Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV): The Right Choice
for Healthcare Workers [PDF]
Source: Minnesota Department of Health |
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Protect Yourself. Protect Your patients.
Get Your Flu Vaccine. [PDF]
Display
this poster in your clinic or other health facility.
Source: Florida Department of Health |
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Seven Truths About Influenza Vaccination of
Healthcare Workers [PDF]
Adapted from Dr. Greg Poland, Mayo Clinic
Source: Minnesota Department of Health |
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Implementing a Mandatory Medical Center Influenza Immunization Program -
Insights from Virginia
Mason Medical Center [PDF]
View this presentation given at the 2007 National Influenza Vaccine Summit. |
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| Organizational Position Statements on Vaccination of Healthcare Workers |
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| American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) |
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American College of Physicians (ACP)
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| American Medical Association (AMA): supports vaccination for
influenza,
pertussis and influenza, and
to set examples for
their adult patients. |
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| American Nurses Association (ANA) |
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American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) |
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| Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses |
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| American Pharmacists Association |
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| Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) |
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| Canadian Government, Province of Ontario |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) and Hospital Infection Control Practice
Advisory Committee (HICPAC) |
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| Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) |
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| National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) |
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National Quality Forum (NQF) |
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| Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) |
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| Partnership for Prevention |
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| Public Health Agency of Canada: National Advisory Committee on
Immunization |
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