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Frequency and Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and Reasons for Refusal Among Patients at a Large Tertiary Referral Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

Max Masnick  and
Surbhi Leekha
Max Masnick*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Surbhi Leekha
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
*
Address all correspondence to Max Masnick, 10 S. Pine Street, MSTF 362A, Baltimore, MD 21201 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

We assessed frequency and predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination acceptance among inpatients at a large tertiary referral hospital, as well as reasons for vaccination refusal. Over 5 seasons, >60% of patients unvaccinated on admission refused influenza vaccination while hospitalized; “believes not at risk” was the reason most commonly given.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(7):841–843

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 7 , July 2015 , pp. 841 - 843
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: An abstract using data from this study was presented in poster format at IDWeek 2014, October 8–12, 2014, Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

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