Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers; comparison of side effects and preferred route of administration of intradermal versus intramuscular administration.

Objective: To explore the nature and severity of side effects and future preference of intradermal versus intramuscular influenza vaccination in healthcare workers.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Two University Medical Centers in The Netherlands.

Contributing factors to influenza vaccine uptake in general hospitals: an explorative management questionnaire study from the Netherlands.

Background: The influenza vaccination rate in hospitals among health care workers in Europe remains low. As there is a lack of research about management factors we assessed factors reported by administrators of general hospitals that are associated with the influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers.

Methods: All 81 general hospitals in the Netherlands were approached to participate in a self-administered questionnaire study.