Strategies to improve uptake of annual influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in community care

Strategies to improve uptake of annual influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in community care. Wong, T. Y., Ong, W. T., & Leong, I. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 45(9 Supplement 1):S395, 2016.

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Background & Hypothesis: Annual influenza vaccination is an important strategy against healthcare workers (HCWs) contracting influenza illness and transmitting to patients. Influenza vaccination of HCWs decreases absenteeism, patient mortality and enhances patient safety. However, rates of annual influenza vaccination among HCW have been reported to be low worldwide. Before June 2014, vaccination rate in our department has been suboptimal (\textless60%). Based in a tertiary centre, our HCWs work in multidisciplinary teams and almost entirely in community-based settings, interacting with patients and caregivers all over Singapore. A team was set up to review the literature and propose strategies to improve vaccination uptake in June 2014. Method(s): Free staff vaccination, email reminders and a mobile vaccination team have already been in place since 2011. After literature review and informal discussions with staff, the team decided to employ the following measures from July 2014 (prior to the 2014 NH influenza season): staff education and staff declaration form indicating understanding of the benefits of vaccination. This was an idea modified from institutions using declination form. Due to staff turnover, all new staff is required to fill up the form. Mandatory vaccination was not considered as it was not a hospital policy. Result(s): Vaccination rate among HCW improved from 48.1% (June-August 2014) to 60.7% (September- November 2014; P = 0.3) and 100% (May-Jun 15; P \textless0.001). Discussion & Conclusion(s): A strategy of employing different approaches has increased HCW vaccination rate. This may be due to educating HCWs about safety of the vaccine and the importance of vaccination in patient care and removing barriers to access by HCWs.

@article{wong_strategies_2016,
	title = {Strategies to improve uptake of annual influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in community care},
	volume = {45},
	issn = {0304-4602},
	url = {http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/45VolNo9Sep2016/SHBC2016.pdf http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=emed17&NEWS=N&AN=612898444},
	abstract = {Background \& Hypothesis: Annual influenza vaccination is an important strategy against healthcare workers (HCWs) contracting influenza illness and transmitting to patients. Influenza vaccination of HCWs decreases absenteeism, patient mortality and enhances patient safety. However, rates of annual influenza vaccination among HCW have been reported to be low worldwide. Before June 2014, vaccination rate in our department has been suboptimal ({\textless}60\%). Based in a tertiary centre, our HCWs work in multidisciplinary teams and almost entirely in community-based settings, interacting with patients and caregivers all over Singapore. A team was set up to review the literature and propose strategies to improve vaccination uptake in June 2014. Method(s): Free staff vaccination, email reminders and a mobile vaccination team have already been in place since 2011. After literature review and informal discussions with staff, the team decided to employ the following measures from July 2014 (prior to the 2014 NH influenza season): staff education and staff declaration form indicating understanding of the benefits of vaccination. This was an idea modified from institutions using declination form. Due to staff turnover, all new staff is required to fill up the form. Mandatory vaccination was not considered as it was not a hospital policy. Result(s): Vaccination rate among HCW improved from 48.1\% (June-August 2014) to 60.7\% (September- November 2014; P = 0.3) and 100\% (May-Jun 15; P {\textless}0.001). Discussion \& Conclusion(s): A strategy of employing different approaches has increased HCW vaccination rate. This may be due to educating HCWs about safety of the vaccine and the importance of vaccination in patient care and removing barriers to access by HCWs.},
	language = {English},
	number = {9 Supplement 1},
	journal = {Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore},
	author = {Wong, T. Y. and Ong, W. T. and Leong, I.},
	year = {2016},
	keywords = {*community care, *health care personnel, *influenza vaccination, Singapore, caregiver, doctor patient relation, e-mail, endogenous compound, hospital policy, human, human experiment, patient care, protein c jun, safety, season, staff training, turnover time, vaccine},
	pages = {S395},
}

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