TY - JOUR
T1 - Influenza immunization for all health care personnel
T2 - Keep it mandatory
AU - Byington, Carrie L.
AU - Maldonado, Yvonne A.
AU - Barnett, Elizabeth D.
AU - Davies, Herbert Dele
AU - Edwards, Kathryn M.
AU - Lynfield, Ruth
AU - Munoz, Flor M.
AU - Nolt, Dawn L.
AU - Nyquist, Ann Christine
AU - Rathore, Mobeen H.
AU - Sawyer, Mark H.
AU - Steinbach, William J.
AU - Tan, Tina Q.
AU - Zaoutis, Theoklis E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The purpose of this statement is to reaffirm the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. With an increasing number of organizations requiring influenza vaccination, coverage among health care personnel has risen to 75% in the 2013 to 2014 influenza season but still remains below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 90%. Mandatory influenza immunization for all health care personnel is ethical, just, and necessary to improve patient safety. It is a crucial step in efforts to reduce health care-associated influenza infections.
AB - The purpose of this statement is to reaffirm the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. With an increasing number of organizations requiring influenza vaccination, coverage among health care personnel has risen to 75% in the 2013 to 2014 influenza season but still remains below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 90%. Mandatory influenza immunization for all health care personnel is ethical, just, and necessary to improve patient safety. It is a crucial step in efforts to reduce health care-associated influenza infections.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2015-2922
DO - 10.1542/peds.2015-2922
M3 - Article
C2 - 26347432
AN - SCOPUS:84942862710
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 136
SP - 809
EP - 818
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 4
ER -