"Flu shot mandate in 1 in 4
hospitals." Hospital Employee Health 1 Jan. 2012. Academic
OneFile. Web. 28 Feb. 2012.
This is a very
new article on the topic of flu shots.
Fifty-six percent of hospitals in a study require employees to get the vaccine
seasonally, but only one-fourth of these hospitals installed consequences for
employees who refused the shot. However,
the current state of 25% of the hospitals with consequences for employees who
refuse the shot is far higher than the mere 5% three flu seasons earlier. Of these 25% with consequence, 75% require
those who refuse to wear mask; only 3.9% of the hospitals fired employees who
refused the shot. Of the hospitals that
mandate the vaccine, exemptions, such as religious reasons, were given out generously. Despite this, mandates of vaccinations in hospital
workers significantly increased the percent of employees who agreed to be vaccinated. The article also mentions as a side note that
the H1N1 pandemic resulted in a spike in employee vaccinations since the
pandemic.
"Department
of Aging Stresses Importance of Getting a Flu Shot." Biotech Week
21 Dec. 2011: 316. Academic OneFile. Web. 28 Feb. 2012.
This article got my attention by
putting the statistic, “Ninety percent of flu-related deaths and more than half
of flu-related hospitalizations occur in people age 65 and older” early
on. It goes on to say that 20% of
Americans have a case of the flu each year.
The department supported getting to flu shot by funding influenza vaccine
clinics and supporting pharmacies in the cause.
This article is reliable because it is very up to date.
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