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Support for mandatory health care worker influenza vaccination among allied health professionals, technical staff, and medical students

Published:October 26, 2012DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.019
Support for mandatory health care worker influenza vaccination among allied health professionals, technical staff, and medical students
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      Although policies mandating annual influenza vaccination among health care workers (HCWs) are recommended, little is known about which HCWs support mandatory vaccination. We surveyed non-physician, non-nursing HCWs to identify beliefs associated with supporting mandatory HCW vaccination. Although similarities were identified, some beliefs and concerns associated with supporting mandatory vaccination differed among HCW groups. Policy makers should understand these differences and address beliefs and concerns of all HCW groups when attempting to implement a mandatory influenza vaccination policy.

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      Publication history

      Published online: October 26, 2012

      Footnotes

      Study was funded through CDC/NIOSH Pilot Project Award No. T42OH008422 through the (NY/NJ) Universities Education and Research Center.

      The data in the manuscript were presented, in part, as an Abstract at the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting, March 2011, Dallas, TX.

      Conflicts of interest: None to report.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.019

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      © 2013 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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