Influence of critically appraising exemption requests from healthcare personnel along a spectrum of influenza vaccine hesitancy.

Objectives: This study was performed to assess whether an intervention for critically appraising influenza vaccine exemption requests from healthcare personnel (HCP) affected (1) the overall rate of influenza vaccine exemption within a healthcare institution and/or (2) the rates of postintervention vaccine acceptance among those who inconsistently request exemption from annual vaccination and those who consistently request exemption from vaccination.

Design: Retrospective, before-and-after intervention study.

Setting: We conducted the study at a single academic medical center.