Benefits and related problems of influenza immunization for health care workers

VernacularTitle:医护人员接种流感疫苗的获益与相关问题
Author: Jingjing HU ¹ ; Qiqi TAN ; Haihao SU ; Lin'gan WANG ; Yuanbin WU ; Bo WANG
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1. 广东省妇幼保健院儿科呼吸科
Keywords: Influenza; Vaccine; Health care worker; Incidence rate; Death
From: Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2019;34(2):120-125
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza and severe outcoming caused by influenza viruses.Health care workers(HCW) are exposed to patients with influenza and they are at high risk of occupationally acquired influenza and of causing nosocomial infection among patients,increasing the incidence rate,the risk of severe and death of patients.Improving the influenza immunization in HCW can not only reduce the prevalence of themselves and keep a weel-oiled of health care facilities during the influenza seasons,but also reduce the risk of severe and death among patients and increase the influenza vaccine uptake in whole population.At present,the influenza immunization coverage of HCW is low.The obstacles and myths of influenza vaccine are barriers for vaccine uptake among HCW.The various strategies are critical in order to improve the influenza coverage rates of HCW.