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Revised SHEA Position Paper: Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas R. Talbot ,
Hilary Babcock ,
Arthur L. Caplan ,
Deborah Cotton ,
Lisa L. Maragakis ,
Gregory A. Poland ,
Edward J. Septimus ,
Michael L. Tapper  and
David J. Weber
Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Hilary Babcock
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Arthur L. Caplan
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Deborah Cotton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts liaisons from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Lisa L. Maragakis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Gregory A. Poland
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota liaisons from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Edward J. Septimus
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee Texas A & M Health Science Center, Houston
Michael L. Tapper
Affiliation:
Lenox Hill Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine, New York
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
*
A-2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Ave South, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, (tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu)
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Executive Summary

This document serves as an update and companion piece to the 2005 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Position Paper entitled “Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers and Vaccine Allocation for Healthcare Workers During Vaccine Shortages.” In large part, the discussion about the rationale for influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP), the strategies designed to improve influenza vaccination rates in this population, and the recommendations made in the 2005 paper still stand. This position paper notes new evidence released since publication of the 2005 paper and strengthens SHEA's position on the importance of influenza vaccination of HCP. This document does not discuss vaccine allocation during times of vaccine shortage, because the 2005 SHEA Position Paper still serves as the Society's official statement on that issue.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 987 - 995
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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