Influenza Vaccination Strategies in Healthcare Workers: A Cohort Study (2018-2021) in an Italian University Hospital.

flu vaccination healthcare workers on-site offer vaccination coverage vaccination strategies

Journal

Vaccines
ISSN: 2076-393X
Titre abrégé: Vaccines (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101629355

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 Aug 2021
Historique:
received: 06 07 2021
revised: 17 08 2021
accepted: 27 08 2021
entrez: 28 9 2021
pubmed: 29 9 2021
medline: 29 9 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Vaccinating healthcare workers (HCWs) is the most effective intervention for preventing nosocomial influenza infection. However, influenza vaccination coverage (VC%) among HCWs remains low. The aim of the study was to analyse the trend of VC% among healthcare workers in an Italian hospital through a three-year vaccination project covering three influenza seasons (2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021). A gap analysis was performed at the case base (2018-2019), on-site vaccination was trialled in the 2019-2020 season, and an integrated vaccination offer (on-site vaccination and the classic offer at a vaccination clinic) was implemented for the 2020-2021 season. For each unit of vaccinated HCWs, the following variables were recorded: main demographic details, area of affiliation (medical/surgical/services), and professional category. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship between outcome (undergoing vaccination in 2020-2021) and other variables related to the healthcare workers' characteristics. In the three seasons, VC% values of 13.2%. 27.7%, and 58.9% were recorded, respectively (

Identifiants

pubmed: 34579208
pii: vaccines9090971
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9090971
pmc: PMC8473239
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Marco Dettori (M)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Antonella Arghittu (A)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Giovanna Deiana (G)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Antonio Azara (A)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Maria Dolores Masia (MD)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Alessandra Palmieri (A)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Antonio Lorenzo Spano (AL)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Antonello Serra (A)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Paolo Castiglia (P)

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University Hospital of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

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