Hospitals that mandated influenza vaccinations for healthcare workers and terminated employees for noncompliance increased vaccination rates an estimated 12.8 percentage points compared with their rates before this policy, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Researchers examined the impact of hospital policies and state laws on healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates in 2010.
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