Influenza Vaccine Coverage Is Highest Among Workplaces with Vaccination Requirements
- By BSTQ Staff
An Internet panel survey of healthcare personnel (HCP) from March 28, 2017, through April 19, 2017, showed the overall influenza vaccination coverage estimate among HCP was 78.6 percent in the 2016-17 season, an increase of 15 percentage points since the 2010-11 season, but similar to the 2013-14 through 2015-16 seasons, with the highest coverage among those whose workplace had vaccination requirements. In workplaces without vaccine requirements, HCP with vaccination available at the workplace had higher coverage than those without onsite vaccination. And, HCP working in hospital settings consistently reported higher vaccination coverage than those working in other settings, and they were most likely to report workplace vaccination requirements and onsite vaccination.
The survey, conducted by Abt Associations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, included 2,438 HCP through Medscape or Survey Sampling International Internet panels.
References
- Black, CL, Yue, X, Ball, SW, et al. InfluenzaVaccinationCoverage Among Health Care Personnel — United States, 2016-17 Influenza Season. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 29, 2017. Accessed at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6638a1.htm?s_cid=mm6638a1_w.
