Over the last few years, there has been increasing discussion about the importance of
influenza vaccination for health care workers. There is consensus that all health care …

OBJECTIVEAchieving high healthcare personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination rates has
typically required mandating vaccination, which is often challenging to implement. Our …

Objective. Although mandatory vaccination programs have been effective in improving the
vaccination rate among healthcare workers, implementing this type of program can be …

Background Vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) is an important patient safety
initiative. It prevents influenza infection among patients and reduces staff illness and …

Background The aim of this study was to understand online public perceptions of the debate
surrounding the choice of annual influenza vaccinations or wearing masks as a condition of …

Intramuscular injection of vaccines and medications into the deltoid muscle is a long-
established nursing practice. The deltoid muscle is the preferred site for intramuscular …

Recent outbreaks of measles in many parts of Canada draw attention to the importance of
vaccination policy design, especially for children. Most Canadian provinces fail to meet …

Health care worker (HCW) influenza vaccination rates are modest. This paper provides a
detailed ethical analysis of the major options to increase HCW vaccination rates, comparing …

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vaccine found that, at best, the current influenza vaccine provides moderate (about 60%) …

Evidence for “consistent high-level protection is elusive,” the researchers concluded.
Although vaccination was found to provide modest protection from infection in young healthy …