Influenza Immunization for All Health Care Personnel: Keep It Mandatory.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1542/peds.2015-2922.
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Abstract
The purpose of this statement is to reaffirm the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. With an increasing number of organizations requiring influenza vaccination, coverage among health care personnel has risen to 75% in the 2013 to 2014 influenza season but still remains below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 90%. Mandatory influenza immunization for all health care personnel is ethical, just, and necessary to improve patient safety. It is a crucial step in efforts to reduce health care-associated influenza infections.
Medical subject headings
- Health Personnel
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
- Influenza Vaccines
- Influenza, Human