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Factors That Influence Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers in a French Geriatric Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Christophe Trivalle ,
Edouard Okenge ,
Brigitte Hamon ,
Jean Taillandier  and
Bruno Falissard
Christophe Trivalle*
Affiliation:
Pôle Gérontologie et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Edouard Okenge
Affiliation:
Pôle Gérontologie et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Brigitte Hamon
Affiliation:
Pôle Gérontologie et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Jean Taillandier
Affiliation:
Pôle Gérontologie et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Bruno Falissard
Affiliation:
Service de Santé Publique, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
*
Pôle Gérontologie et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Paul Brousse, AP-HP 14, avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, F-94800 Villejuif cedex, France (christophe.trivalle@pbr.ap-hop-paris.fr)
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Abstract

In a geriatric hospital in France, only 80 (21%) of 390 healthcare workers (HCWs) were vaccinated against influenza. Predictive factors for accepting influenza vaccination were occupation as a physician (odds ratio [OR], 9.79), previous receipt of influenza vaccination (OR, 36), and desire to protect their own health (OR, 2.42) and residents' health (OR, 3.68). Predictive factors for refusing influenza vaccination were occupation as a nurse (OR, 6.41) or nursing assistant (OR, 4.04) and belief that homeopathic medication is more effective than the vaccine (OR, 5.75).

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 1278 - 1280
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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