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Factors That Influenced Rates of Influenza Vaccination Among Employees of Wisconsin Acute Care Hospitals and Nursing Homes During the 2005-2006 Influenza Season

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gwen Borlaug ,
Alexandra Newman ,
John Pfister  and
Jeffrey P. Davis
Gwen Borlaug*
Affiliation:
Bureau of Communicable Diseases and Preparedness, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison
Alexandra Newman
Affiliation:
Bureau of Communicable Diseases and Preparedness, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
John Pfister
Affiliation:
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison
Jeffrey P. Davis
Affiliation:
Bureau of Communicable Diseases and Preparedness, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison
*
1 W Wilson St., Room 318, Madison, WI 53702 (borlagm@dhfs.state.wi.us)
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Abstract

Hospitals and nursing homes were surveyed in 2006 to obtain information on employee influenza vaccination programs and baseline rates of influenza vaccination among employees. Results were used to make recommendations for improving employees' 2007 influenza vaccination rates. Facilities should continue to provide convenient and free vaccination programs, offer education to promote vaccination, and use signed declination forms.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1398 - 1400
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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