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Slide 2 Preventing Influenza: Mandatory Vaccines for all Hospital Care Givers and Patients Ashley Lundberg Sara Ido Slide 3 Each year, influenza is associated with 36,000 deaths and >200,000 hospitalizations in the United States (Babcock, 2010). Nurses and other healthcare workers may be at an increased risk of contracting this virus due to exposure to infected patients (Music, 2011). The Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization strongly encourage annual influenza vaccination for healthcare workers. Introduction Slide 4 Identify populations that are at a higher risk of serious complications due to influenza State the annual morbidity and mortality rates in the United States due to influenza Identify ways that influenza vaccination benefits healthcare workers and patients Objectives Slide 5 Political First hospitals to initiate mandatory vaccination: Bronson Methodist Hospital and Virginia Mason Medical Center (Stewart, 2010). Public Health Service Act National Vaccine Plan National Vaccine Advisory Committee National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Ottenberg, 2011) Assessment of Healthcare Environment Slide 6 Research Protects others from getting sick May make illness milder 71% reduction in flu-related hospitalizations (CDC, 2014) Financial Reduces workplace absences Influenza outbreak is more costly than vaccination (Music, 2011) Assessment of Healthcare Environment Slide 7 Nursing practice Nurses and other healthcare workers can transmit the flu virus to patients and each other Healthcare workers may have an increased risk of contracting Influenza (Music, 2011) Ethical Professional obligation Failed voluntary vaccination programs Assessment of Healthcare Environment Slide 8 Individuals at higher risk of serious complications: Older Adults, pregnant woman, very young children, those with chronic medical conditions Virus is spread by droplets Virus may be spread 1 day before symptoms develop, and up to 5-7 days after becoming sick. (CDC. 2014) Flu Facts Slide 9 Flu vaccination coverage was higher among HCP whose employers required (88.8%) or recommended (70.1%) Most hospitals in Michigan have mandated the flu vaccine for health care personal. Vaccination reduces patient mortality by 40%-50% (CDC, 2014) Flu Facts Slide 10 (http://nurseswhovaccinate.blogspot.com/)http://nurseswhovaccinate.blogspot.com/ Interventions Slide 11 CDC, 2014 Why Healthcare Personnel get Vaccinated Slide 12 Mandatory influenza vaccination is an effective way to protect healthcare workers and patients from getting the flu. It is legal Reduces workplace absences Decreased morbidity and mortality rates Obligation to our patients Conclusion Slide 13 Babcock, H., Gemeinhart, N., Jones, M., Dunagan, W., Woeltje, K. (2010). Mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers: translating policy to practice. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 50, 459-464. doi:10.1086/650752 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). http://www.cdc.gov/flu/healthcareworkers.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/healthcareworkers.htm Galanakis, E., Jansen, A., Lopalco, P., Giesecke, J. (2013). Ethics of mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. Eurosurveillance, 18(45). Johns Hopkins Medicine: Mandatory Flu Vaccine FAQs. (2014). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mandatory_flu_vaccination/faq.html#Overview http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mandatory_flu_vaccination/faq.html#Overview Music, T. (2011). Protecting patients, protecting healthcare workers: a review of the role of influenza vaccination. International Nursing Review, 59, 161-167. Nurses Who Vaccinate. (2015). http://nurseswhovaccinate.blogspot.com/) Ottenberg, A., Wu, J., Poland, G., Jacobson, R., Koenig, B., Tilburt, J. (2011). Vaccinating health care workers against influenza: the ethical and legal rationale for a mandate. American Journal of Public Health, 101, 212-216. Stewart, A., Rosenbaum, S. (2010). Vaccinating the health-care workforce: state law vs. institutional requirements. Law and the Publics Health, 125, 615-618. References