Seasonal influenza: Not enough health care workers have themselves vaccinated
Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 05:42
in Health & Medicine
Less than one third of healthcare workers have themselves vaccinated against classic influenza. This reluctance is astounding, firstly because vaccination against influenza viruses is considered safe and effective and secondly because it has been proved to prevent nosocomial transmission of disease to patients - provided at least 50% of employees have been vaccinated. In the new issue of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106 (36): 567-72), Sabine Wicker of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt and her co-authors reveal why vaccination rates have stayed so low and how they can be improved...