Weber David J, Orenstein Walter, Rutala William A
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, 2163 Bioinformatics, CB #7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 USA ; Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA.
Isr J Health Policy Res. 2016 Dec 16;5:61. doi: 10.1186/s13584-016-0122-3. eCollection 2016.
Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide each year. Healthcare-associated influenza is a frequent event. Health care personnel (HCP) may be the source for infecting patients and may propagate nosocomial outbreaks. All HCP should receive a dose of influenza vaccine each year to protect themselves and others. This commentary will discuss the study recently published in the IJHPR by Nutman and Yoeli which assessed the beliefs and attitudes of HCP in an Israel hospital regarding influenza and the influenza vaccine. Unfortunately, as noted by Nutman and Yoeli in this issue many HCP in Israel choose not to receive influenza immunization and many harbor misconceptions regarding their risk for influenza as well as the benefits of influenza vaccine. We also discuss proven methods to increase acceptance by HCP for receiving an annual influenza vaccine.
每年，流感在全球范围内都会导致大量发病和死亡。医疗保健相关的流感是常见事件。医护人员可能是感染患者的源头，并可能引发医院内的疫情爆发。所有医护人员每年都应接种一剂流感疫苗，以保护自己和他人。本评论将讨论Nutman和Yoeli最近发表在《国际卫生政策与研究杂志》上的一项研究，该研究评估了以色列一家医院的医护人员对流感和流感疫苗的看法与态度。不幸的是，正如Nutman和Yoeli在本期中所指出的，以色列许多医护人员选择不接种流感疫苗，而且许多人对自己感染流感的风险以及流感疫苗的益处存在误解。我们还将讨论已证实的提高医护人员接受年度流感疫苗接种率的方法。
