HEALTH BY NUMBERS: Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during the 2013–14 Influenza Season in Rhode Island

摘要

Since 1984, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac- tices (ACIP) has recommended annual seasonal influenza vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs). 1 Vaccinating HCWs against influenza can reduce influenza illness, trans- mission of influenza to patients, and influenza-related mor- bidity and mortality among patients in healthcare settings. 2-3 Despite the documented benefits and ACIP's long-standing recommendations, the overall influenza vaccination rate for HCWs has remained far below the Healthy People 2020 target of 90% nationally.