Protecting Healthcare Personnel in Outpatient Settings: The Influence of Mandatory Versus Nonmandatory Influenza Vaccination Policies on Workplace Absenteeism During Multiple Respiratory Virus Seasons
| Autor: | Derek A. T. Cummings, Jenna Los, Trish M. Perl, Cynthia L. Gibert, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Alexandria C. Brown, Mary T. Bessesen, Geoffrey J. Gorse, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Lewis J. Radonovich, John Frederick, Michael S. Simberkoff, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Nicholas G. Reich, Connie Price |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Health Personnel 030106 microbiology Mandatory Programs Efficiency Organizational Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Absenteeism Influenza Human Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Veterans Affairs Infection Control business.industry Immunization Programs Incidence (epidemiology) Health Policy Vaccination Odds ratio Middle Aged United States Clinical trial Infectious Diseases Emergency medicine Respiratory virus Female Seasons business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol |
| ISSN: | 0899-823X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVETo determine the effect of mandatory and nonmandatory influenza vaccination policies on vaccination rates and symptomatic absenteeism among healthcare personnel (HCP).DESIGNRetrospective observational cohort study.SETTINGThis study took place at 3 university medical centers with mandatory influenza vaccination policies and 4 Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems with nonmandatory influenza vaccination policies.PARTICIPANTSThe study included 2,304 outpatient HCP at mandatory vaccination sites and 1,759 outpatient HCP at nonmandatory vaccination sites.METHODSTo determine the incidence and duration of absenteeism in outpatient settings, HCP participating in the Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial at both mandatory and nonmandatory vaccination sites over 3 viral respiratory illness (VRI) seasons (2012–2015) reported their influenza vaccination status and symptomatic days absent from work weekly throughout a 12-week period during the peak VRI season each year. The adjusted effects of vaccination and other modulating factors on absenteeism rates were estimated using multivariable regression models.RESULTSThe proportion of participants who received influenza vaccination was lower each year at nonmandatory than at mandatory vaccination sites (odds ratio [OR], 0.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.07–0.11). Among HCP who reported at least 1 sick day, vaccinated HCP had lower symptomatic days absent compared to unvaccinated HCP (OR for 2012–2013 and 2013–2014, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.72–0.93; OR for 2014–2015, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.69–0.95).CONCLUSIONSThese data suggest that mandatory HCP influenza vaccination policies increase influenza vaccination rates and that HCP symptomatic absenteeism diminishes as rates of influenza vaccination increase. These findings should be considered in formulating HCP influenza vaccination policies.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:452–461 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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