• Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Nov 2013

    Clinical Trial

    A successful strategy for increasing the influenza vaccination rate of healthcare workers without a mandatory policy outside of the United States: a multifaceted intervention in a Japanese tertiary care center.

    • Hitoshi Honda, Yumiko Sato, Akinori Yamazaki, Simi Padival, Akira Kumagai, and Hilary Babcock.
    • Department of Infection Prevention, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.
    • Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Nov 1; 34 (11): 1194-200.

    ObjectiveAlthough mandatory vaccination programs have been effective in improving the vaccination rate among healthcare workers, implementing this type of program can be challenging because of varied reasons for vaccine refusal. The purpose of our study is to measure improvement in the influenza vaccination rate from a multifaceted intervention at a Japanese tertiary care center where implementing a mandatory vaccination program is difficult.DesignBefore-and-after trial.Participants And SettingHealthcare workers at a 550-bed, tertiary care, academic medical center in Sapporo, Japan.InterventionsWe performed a multifaceted intervention including (1) use of a declination form, (2) free vaccination, (3) hospital-wide announcements during the vaccination period, (4) prospective audit and real-time telephone interview for healthcare workers who did not receive the vaccine, (5) medical interview with the hospital executive for noncompliant (no vaccine, no declination form) healthcare workers during the vaccination period, and (6) mandatory submission of a vaccination document if vaccinated outside of the study institution.ResultsWith the new multifaceted intervention, the vaccination rate in the 2012-2013 season increased substantially, up to 97%. This rate is similar to that reported in studies with a mandatory vaccination program. Improved vaccination acceptance, particularly among physicians, likely contributed to the overall increase in the vaccination rate reported in the study.ConclusionsImplementation of comprehensive strategies with strong leadership can lead to substantial improvements in vaccine uptake among healthcare workers even without a mandatory vaccination policy. The concept is especially important for institutions where implementing mandatory vaccination programs is challenging.

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