Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Health Care Personnel in Los Angeles County Hospitals, 2016-2017.

Am J Public Health

Talar Kamali, Chelsea Foo, Kelsey OYong, and Dawn Terashita are with the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA.

Published: May 2020

The objective of the Los Angeles County, California (LAC), health care personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination improvement intervention was to increase HCP influenza vaccination coverage during the 2016-2017 influenza season via targeted outreach to LAC acute care hospitals. We selected 13 facilities for intervention and received tailored recommendations from a menu of evidence-based practices. Following the season, each hospital in the intervention group experienced a significant increase in vaccination coverage, which increased the LAC countywide average for all hospitals by 5%, from 74% to 79%.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144425PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305555DOI Listing

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