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Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers

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  • Anikeeva, O.
  • Braunack-Mayer, A.
  • Rogers, W.

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Annual influenza vaccination for health care workers has the potential to benefit health care professionals, their patients, and their families by reducing the transmission of influenza in the health care setting. Furthermore, staff vaccination programs are cost-effective for health care institutions because of reduced staff illness and absenteeism. Despite international recommendations and strong ethical arguments for annual influenza immunization for health care professionals, staff utilization of vaccination remains low. We have analyzed the ethical implications of a variety of efforts to increase vaccination rates, including mandatory influenza vaccination. A program of incentives and sanctions may increase health care worker compliance with fewer ethical impediments than mandatory vaccination.

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  • Anikeeva, O. & Braunack-Mayer, A. & Rogers, W., 2009. "Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(1), pages 24-29.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2008.136440_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.136440
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    1. Chisato Imai & Michiko Toizumi & Lisa Hall & Stephen Lambert & Kate Halton & Katharina Merollini, 2018. "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the direct epidemiological and economic effects of seasonal influenza vaccination on healthcare workers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(6), pages 1-16, June.
    2. Robert Susło & Piotr Pobrotyn & Lidia Brydak & Łukasz Rypicz & Urszula Grata-Borkowska & Jarosław Drobnik, 2021. "Seasonal Influenza and Low Flu Vaccination Coverage as Important Factors Modifying the Costs and Availability of Hospital Services in Poland: A Retrospective Comparative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-15, May.
    3. Luyten, Jeroen & Dorgali, Veronica & Hens, Niel & Beutels, Philippe, 2013. "Public preferences over efficiency, equity and autonomy in vaccination policy: An empirical study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 84-89.

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