Why is it important to vaccinate health care workers?
Health care workers have close contact with high-risk patients; often serving as vectors for healthcare-associated influenza. Unvaccinated health care workers have contributed to influenza outbreaks in a variety of clinical settings, including neonatal intensive care units, pediatric wards, adult and pediatric transplant units, infectious disease units, oncology units, emergency departments, and more2. These healthcare-associated outbreaks may result in increased patient morbidity and mortality, increased length of hospitalization, higher medical costs, and disruption of essential healthcare services.
