CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Interventions to Promote Seasonal Influenza Vaccinations among Healthcare Workers
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Description
Interventions to increase uptake of flu vaccines in healthcare workers (HCW) involve making vaccines available to workers and announcing this availability using things such as newsletters, e-mails, or paycheck inserts.
Vaccines may be offered:
• On-site or off-site
• At cost, reduced cost, or no cost
• With health education and mobile units
• In clinics
• At multiple locations
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends interventions with on-site, free, and actively promoted influenza vaccinations, when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention, based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in increasing influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare workers when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention.
Vaccines may be offered:
• On-site or off-site
• At cost, reduced cost, or no cost
• With health education and mobile units
• In clinics
• At multiple locations
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends interventions with on-site, free, and actively promoted influenza vaccinations, when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention, based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in increasing influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare workers when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention.
Impact
Studies found a median increase of 21.0 percentage points in vaccination coverage among participants.
Results / Accomplishments
Results from the Systematic Review:
Forty-five studies qualified for the review and examined changes in vaccination coverage, changes in influenza cases, or worker productivity.
• Change in vaccination coverage: median increase of 21.0 percentage points (interquartile interval: 11 to 34 percentage points; 41 studies)
• Change in influenza cases:
- Among patients: median relative decrease of 11.3% (3 studies)
- Nosocomial infections (acquired during visits to hospitals or other healthcare settings): median relative decrease of 78.0% (4 studies)
• Change in worker productivity was not reported in the qualifying studies.
• All 45 studies evaluated interventions with free, on-site, actively promoted influenza vaccinations alone and when combined with additional interventions including provision of information, efforts to enhance access, activities to change attitudes and norms, and policy changes.
• Studies evaluated interventions conducted in medium and large hospitals, and in long-term care facilities.
• Studies were conducted mostly in the United States, Europe, and Canada; however, the body of evidence included studies from Singapore, Brazil, South Korea, and Australia.
Forty-five studies qualified for the review and examined changes in vaccination coverage, changes in influenza cases, or worker productivity.
• Change in vaccination coverage: median increase of 21.0 percentage points (interquartile interval: 11 to 34 percentage points; 41 studies)
• Change in influenza cases:
- Among patients: median relative decrease of 11.3% (3 studies)
- Nosocomial infections (acquired during visits to hospitals or other healthcare settings): median relative decrease of 78.0% (4 studies)
• Change in worker productivity was not reported in the qualifying studies.
• All 45 studies evaluated interventions with free, on-site, actively promoted influenza vaccinations alone and when combined with additional interventions including provision of information, efforts to enhance access, activities to change attitudes and norms, and policy changes.
• Studies evaluated interventions conducted in medium and large hospitals, and in long-term care facilities.
• Studies were conducted mostly in the United States, Europe, and Canada; however, the body of evidence included studies from Singapore, Brazil, South Korea, and Australia.
About this Promising Practice
Primary Contact
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Source
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
USA
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Target Audience
Adults