Seasonal influenza vaccination among Chinese health care workers

Paul H. Lee; Benjamin J. Cowling; Lin Yang

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.038

Seasonal influenza vaccination among Chinese health care workers

Paul H. Lee^*
, Benjamin J. Cowling
, Lin Yang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

We conducted a study to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and opinions of health care workers (HCWs) and the factors associated with receipt of influenza vaccination in HCWs during August 2015 in 3 hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China. Among the 173 doctors and 220 nurses included in this study, the proportions who received vaccination for the 2014-2015 season were 14% and 13%, respectively. Ninety-eight percent of doctors and 99% of nurses maintained their vaccination practice over 4 seasons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-578
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	45
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.038
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2017
Externally published	Yes

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Attitudes
Knowledge
Survey
Vaccine

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Seasonal influenza vaccination among Chinese health care workers

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