Infection Prevention Manual

IMPROVEMENT OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL PLAN I NTRODUCTION Health care personnel (HCP) can acquire influenza and transmit it to patients and other HCP. Many HCP provide care for or are in frequent contact with patients with influenza or patients at high risk for complications of influenza, and their involvement in influenza transmission is a long-standing concern. Influenza vaccination is effective and can prevent many illnesses, deaths, and losses in productivity. Expanding influenza vaccine use among HCP is a high priority for our Agency. Achieving and sustaining high influenza vaccination coverage among HCP is intended to help protect HCP and their patients and reduce disease burden and health care costs. 7KH &HQWHUV IRU 'LVHDVH &RQWURO DQG 3UHYHQWLRQ &'& KDV ORQJ UHFRPPHQGHG DQQXDO LQIOXHQ]D YDFFLQDWLRQ IRU DOO KHDOWK FDUH ZRUNHUV Other infection control and major medical and nursing groups have supported this recommendation. CDC set a target of 90% coverage for HCP influenza vaccination E\ Definition: HCP are all paid and unpaid persons working in health care settings, such as our Agency, who have the potential for exposure to patients or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces, and contaminated air. 7KH PRUELGLW\ PRUWDOLW\ DQG HFRQRPLF LPSDFW IURP LQIOXHQ]D HDFK \HDU FDQ EH VXEVWDQWLDO DSSUR[LPDWHO\ ORVW OLIH \HDUV PLOOLRQ GD\V RI KRVSLWDOL]DWLRQ DQG PLOOLRQ RXWSDWLHQW YLVLWV DQQXDOO\ DUH DWWULEXWHG WR LQIOXHQ]D HSLGHPLFV HDFK \HDU EHWZHHQ DQG RI WKH SRSXODWLRQ EHFRPHV LOO ZLWK LQIOXHQ]D RQ DYHUDJH DERXW KRVSLWDOL]DWLRQV GXH WR LQIOXHQ]D RFFXUUHG HDFK \HDU 5HVXOWV RI VHYHUDO VWXGLHV LQGLFDWH WKDW KLJKHU YDFFLQDWLRQ FRYHUDJH DPRQJ +&3 LV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK ORZHU LQFLGHQFH RI QRVRFRPLDO LQIOXHQ]D LQIOXHQ]D OLNH LOOQHVV RU PRUWDOLW\ GXULQJ LQIOXHQ]D VHDVRQ Preparing for the influenza season each year is a time-critical, highly orchestrated, collaborative effort of the Agency’s healthcare staff and the community we serve, including disease surveillance staff and key Agency staffs. It is a year-round process that requires ongoing influenza disease surveillance, development of recommendations for increase immunization rate in our HCP. Influenza viruses are single-stranded, helically shaped ribonucleic acid viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae . The viruses can be divided into three types: A, B, and C. Type A influenza has subtypes that are determined by the surface antigens hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). Of the 16 known types of hemagglutinin, three (H1, H2, and H3) are usually present in the influenza viruses that most commonly infect humans. Hemagglutinin has a role in virus attachment to infected cells and fusion to the intracellular structures. Of the nine known types of neuraminidase, two (N1 and N2) are most common in viruses that infect humans. Neuraminidase has a role in new viruses’ release from infected cells. Your Agency Name (PN System)