Comments on: Media Alert: NPSF Supports Mandatory Flu Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers http://www.npsf.org/updates-news-press/press/media-alert-npsf-supports-mandatory-flu-vaccinations-for-healthcare-workers/ Boston, Massachusetts Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pmctiernan http://www.npsf.org/updates-news-press/press/media-alert-npsf-supports-mandatory-flu-vaccinations-for-healthcare-workers/#comment-180 pmctiernan Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:01:33 +0000 http://www.nationalpatientsafetyfoundation.org/?p=1516#comment-180 Hi, Kirk, I believe the information was based on a 2005 position statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. You can download a copy via this link: http://www.shea-online.org/assets/files/position_papers/HCW_Flu_SHEA_Position_Paper.pdf. Hi, Kirk,
I believe the information was based on a 2005 position statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. You can download a copy via this link: http://www.shea-online.org/assets/files/position_papers/HCW_Flu_SHEA_Position_Paper.pdf.

]]> By: Kirk Atton http://www.npsf.org/updates-news-press/press/media-alert-npsf-supports-mandatory-flu-vaccinations-for-healthcare-workers/#comment-179 Kirk Atton Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:12:56 +0000 http://www.nationalpatientsafetyfoundation.org/?p=1516#comment-179 Can not find the references to support this article. " New data indicate that institutions with mandatory influenza vaccinations show an 88 percent reduction in workforce infection and a 41 percent reduction in influenza-related patient mortality" and...... “Studies show that healthcare environments with 100 percent vaccination rates reduce the spread of infection among staff and save patients’ lives.” Would like to read these studies and find where published. I'm a little surprised they are not footnoted for ready reference. thanks kirk Atton RN/CIC Infection control mercy Hospital AttonK@Trinity-Health.org Can not find the references to support this article.

” New data indicate that institutions with mandatory influenza vaccinations show an 88 percent reduction in workforce infection and a 41 percent reduction in influenza-related patient mortality” and……
“Studies show that healthcare environments with 100 percent vaccination rates reduce the spread of infection among staff and save patients’ lives.”

Would like to read these studies and find where published.
I’m a little surprised they are not footnoted for ready reference.

thanks
kirk Atton RN/CIC
Infection control mercy Hospital
AttonK@Trinity-Health.org

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