Management of two influenza vaccination campaign in health care workers of a university hospital in the south Italy.
Ann Ig
; 29(3): 223-231, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In Europe, flu remains one of the major public health problems. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are a category at high-risk of contracting the infection and infecting their patients; consequently, for this category, vaccination is highly recommended. Unfortuntely, coverage levels remain insufficient with rates ranging between 4 and 40. STUDYDESIGN:
The purpose of our work was to evaluate the adherence of HCWs to the influenza vaccination and to carry out a combination of educational and motivational interventions in order to increase the rate of adherence to the vaccination in this workers' category.METHODS:
We conducted two different influenza vaccination campaigns, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. The study was divided in two steps. In the first, preliminary step, an anonymous questionnaire was administered to HCWs containing a set of questions in order to gain information about the number of subjects willing to undergo the vaccination and the reasons that led others toits rejection. In the second step, vaccination campaigns were carried out preparing an appropriate vaccination calendar that was communicated to all interested Units and vaccination points located in various wards.RESULTS:
We found a slightly improved compliance trend, from an average of 2.3% in the previous years to 3.3% in 2014 and 7.4% in 2015.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite the observed increase, the adherence remains very low. We found that the main causes of this result are the fear of adverse effects, the negligence and indolence of the same workers and a lack of risk perception of contracting the disease and transmitting it to patients. Our work stressed the importance of offering correct information and of meeting the needs of HCWs, often unable to leave their ward for the excess workload. This could be, in future years, one of the possible solutions to increase vaccination adherence.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Vacunas contra la Influenza
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Salud Laboral
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Cooperación del Paciente
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Personal de Salud
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Programas de Inmunización
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Gripe Humana
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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Ann Ig
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2017
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Article