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Barriers and Facilitators of Implementation of a Mandate for Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Lauren Block ,
Samantha Pitts  and
Trish M. Perl
Lauren Block*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Hofstra North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine, Lake Success, New York; and Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Samantha Pitts
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Division of General Internal Medicine, 2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite S160, Lake Success, NY 11042 (lblock2@nshs.edu).
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Abstract

Mandatory influenza vaccination is associated with improved healthcare personnel vaccination rates, but institutional barriers to implementation and enforcement are reported. We explored barriers and facilitators to mandatory vaccination among a national sample of hospital administrators. Support from employees and administration were cited as key to the success of a mandate.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(6):724-727

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Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 724 - 727
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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These authors contributed equally to this article.

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