Successful vaccination season at our hospital
We have almost completed data collection from this years influenza vaccination season. participation has been higher among healthcare associates when compared to previous seasons at 68%. Despite the I
provements it is still too low to see the true benefit of herd immunity.
The most frequent reason to refuse inoculation is fear of complications. Of the 1900 doses given this year there were only 8 reported complication. Sounds like a lot at first but 7 of these were merely pain at the site of injection, yes we tracked even issues as minor as that. The remaining one felt faint and was taken to the ER only to be released back to work two hours later. No one called in sick in the subsequent weeks related to the vaccination. And there was no Gullian barre either!
Overall a successful vaccination season but hope to do better next year.
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