• The author has cited the 2006 version of the Cochrane review, 2 rather than the up-to-date
version from 2010. 3• The up-to-date Cochrane review from 2010 largely contradicts Flegel's …

HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS indirectly benefits patients by decreasing their chance of
being infected. 1 There are also very few risks associated with influenza vaccination, with …

It is reasonable to ask what type of evidence is needed to recommend or require annual
influenza vaccination of healthcare workers to help prevent transmission of influenza to …

Influenza vaccine is effective at preventing influenza in healthy young adults.[1] The strategy
to encourage influenza vaccination for health care workers is partly based on the simple …

In the United States, influenza immunization of health care workers (HCWs) clearly has had
a poor track record, as evidenced by studies documenting a vaccination rate of 35 …

Background A systematic review found that 3% of working adults who had received
influenza vaccine and 5% of those who were unvaccinated had laboratory‐proven influenza …

Our aim was to review the evidence of efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccination of
health-care workers in reducing cases of influenza-like illness, influenza, complications from …

Background: Since 1995, 14 states have passed laws encouraging or mandating influenza
vaccination for hospital workers. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Abstract In 2010, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology published a recommendation that
annual influenza vaccination of healthcare workers be made a condition of employment …

Yearly epidemics of influenza are associated with 3–5 million cases of severe illness and
about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. Influenza symptoms such as cough, fever …