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Improving Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers by Means of Quality Improvement Tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jose Cadena ,
Teresa Prigmore ,
Jason Bowling ,
Beth Ann Ayala ,
Leni Kirkman ,
Amruta Parekh ,
Theresa Scepanski  and
Jan E. Patterson
Jose Cadena*
Affiliation:
South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Teresa Prigmore
Affiliation:
University Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Jason Bowling
Affiliation:
South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Beth Ann Ayala
Affiliation:
University Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Leni Kirkman
Affiliation:
University Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Amruta Parekh
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Theresa Scepanski
Affiliation:
University Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Jan E. Patterson
Affiliation:
South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
*
Mail Code 7881, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 (cadenazuluag@uthscsa.edu)
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For a healthcare worker seasonal influenza vaccination quality improvement project, interventions included support of leadership, distribution of vaccine kits, grand rounds, an influenza website, a Screensaver, e-mails, phone messages, and audit feedback. Vaccination rates increased from 58.8% to 76.6% (P < .01). Quality improvement increased the voluntary vaccination rate but did not achieve a rate more than 80%.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , June 2011 , pp. 616 - 618
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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