13 Strategies for Improving Healthcare Personnel Influenza Vaccination Rates

The Joint Commission has issued 13 strategies for improving healthcare personnel influence vaccination rates.

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The strategies are based on recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each strategy is complemented by a description or rationale as well as citation from the CDC’s influenza monograph. Strategies include the following:

 

•    Influence vaccination program should be multifaceted.
•    Use campaigns to promote influenza vaccination.
•    Offer influenza vaccine annually to all eligible healthcare personnel.
•    Use modest incentives.
•    Use organizational leaders as supportive role models.

To view the all the strategies, as recommended by the CDC, click here.

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