1. Occupational Health Influenza Vaccination
Anne McGowan
Nurse Consultant
Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme
Nothing new brief on evidence for occ health
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2. Occupational Influenza Uptake 2010/11
Numbers over %. Total over 50% more vaccinated all Wales all have improved. I know that occ health teams have worked very hard and set a number of initative with improved accessibility etc.

3. All Wales 18.5%
All HB’s improved What happened in BCHB to reach >30%

4. English Uptakes VPDP Flu meeting May 2011
Different data collection methods
England total 34.7% 2010/11
Over 1m doses given
Range 5.2% to 94.9%
Out of 388 trusts 45 above 50%
@ 12%
Cant make direct comparisons different methods of data collection and quality issues over denominators.
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5. Why offer Flu vaccination to HCW’s ?
Occupational risk of exposure, contraction and transmission.
Significant reduction in ILI, medical consultations, hospital admissions and mortality (Hayward et al 2006)
Service continuity
Personal protection
Reminder from evidence why Flu is important
Asymptomatic carriers
Reduce transmission in sick patients
Hayward, AC, et al (2006) Effectiveness of an influenza programme for home care staff to prevent death, morbidity and health service use among residents: cluster RCT ‘ , BMJ Vol.333,p1241.
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6. Evidence
Systematic review and economic evaluation of 18 studies (Burls et al 2006)
Concludes
Highly effective
Minimal adverse events
Good use of HC resources
Overwhelming evidence to support flu vaccine for HCW’s. Majority of European countries have a policy where Flu vaccine recommended for HCW’s
Ref: Burls, A et al (2006) ‘Vaccinating healthcare workers against influenza to protect the vulnerable – Is it good use of healthcare resources?
A Systematic review and economic evaluation’, Vaccine , 24,pp
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7. Evidenced based interventions
RCT in Jerusalem, n344 primary care workers
Intervention
Lecture session, literature and reminders
Key figure from local staff who personally approached every member
Results
52.8% in intervention group 86/163
26.5% in control 48/181
(p<0.001)
REF; Abramson ZH, Avni O, Levi O et al . Randomized trail of a program to increase staff influenza in primary care clinic. Ann Fam Med Jul-Aug;8(4):293 – 8.
Bringing it down to alocal level findings suggest local staff who are respected and who champion who are approachable
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8. HCW’s attitudes to Flu Vaccination
Its complex !!
Want scientific information (Yassi et al 2010)
Culture of organisation important determinant (Moore et al 2005)
Self protection v pt protection (Pareek et al 2009)
Lack of understanding about risks
(Hollymeyer et al 2009)
Last yr provided an information sheet with evidence look to building on that
GBs 1 in a million
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9. 5 Top reasons for refusal
Fear about adverse reactions
Lack of concern about flu
Doubts about vaccine efficacy
Organisational barriers ‘access’
Resources
GBS 1 in 1million
Source: DTB Vol 48, No 11 Nov 2010 BNF 14.4
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10. References VPDP Flu meeting May 2011
Hollymeyer, H,G, et al (2009) ‘Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers : a literature review of studies on attitudes and predictors’, Vaccine , Vol 27,pp3935 – 3944.
Moore, DM, et al (2005)’ Occupational health and infection control practices related to severe acute respiratory syndrome: Health care worker pereceptions’,AAOHNJ,Vol53,No.6,pp
Parek,M et al (2009)’Willingness of healthcare workers to accept voluntary stock piled H5N1 vaccine in advance of pandemic activity’, Vaccine, Vol 27,pp
Yassi A, et al (2010)’Vaccination of HealthCare Workers for Influenza :Promote Safety Culture, Not Coercion’, Can Journal Of Public Health , Vol 101, Suppl.1pp.S41 –S45.
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11. Acknowledgements Dr Simon Cottrell VPDP PHW Dr Richard Peabody HPA
Rachel Hale Uni Nottingham
Initiatives, innovation and ideas to improve immunisation uptake
Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme 2010