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How difficult is it going to be to get people vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic influenza A?
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In response to rumors about the safety of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A vaccine, federal public health officials have addressed the following myths and errors about the current situation:
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A coalition of unions and occupational health and safety professionals has called on New York state health commissioner Richard F. Daines to withdraw the emergency regulation that requires all health care workers to receive flu vaccinations by Nov. 30.
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One of infection prevention's true originals â in every sense of the term â Eddie Hedrick, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, currently is emerging infections coordinator at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in Jefferson City.
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Long known to open a few doors, cold hard cash may now bring down walls as well.
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To begin an ongoing journey to prevent health care-associated infections, Orlando-based Florida Hospital's clinical excellence team asked staff what risks they saw.
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In an case that sets an ominous tone for the resurging pandemic, a healthy 51-year-old oncology nurse who worked in Carmichael, CA, recently died of a coinfection with H1N1 influenza A and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (MRSA).
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A New York mandate that health care workers receive seasonal flu shots may drive nurses from the profession even as that state faces a nursing shortage, said Eileen Avery, MS, RN, associate director of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA).
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Enforcement of a controversial regulation mandating flu shots for New York health care workers appears to fall primarily to hospitals and other health care facilities.
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Can strong hospital leadership supporting flu immunization be as successful and less divisive as mandating the seasonal shots?
