With the potential co-circulation of COVID-19 and influenza, vaccination of health care workers is more important than ever. By receiving the influenza vaccines, health care workers can reduce influenza-related workplace disruption, improve patient and employee safety, and decrease health care expenditures.
This Health Care Worker Influenza Vaccination Toolkit is designed to help you promote an influenza vaccination program for employees in your health care facility. These materials were designed for use in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
The contents of the WV Health Care Worker Influenza Vaccination Toolkit include:
- Planning Guide: Strategies to Increase Health Care Worker Influenza Vaccination Rates
- Vaccination of clinic announcement poster
- Progress chart poster
- Vaccination stickers
- Health Care Worker tear-off sheets
This toolkit is available to order here.
Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Influenza Vaccination Information for Health Care Workers
- Joint Commission – Providing a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients Through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice
- Immunization Action Coalition – Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll for Health Care Facilities with Mandatory Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Personnel
- National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit – Best Practices for Vaccinating Health Care Personnel
- National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit – Tools to Assist Leaders/Administrators in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities Who Plan to Implement an Influenza Vaccination Requirement Policy for Health Care Personnel to Improve Influenza Vaccination Coverage
- Guidance for Leaders/Administrators in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities Who Plan to Improve Staff Influenza Vaccination Compliance through Vaccination Requirement Policies
- This document provides the rationale for implementing these types of policies, describes operational considerations, discusses how to engage employees in the process, reviews ethical considerations, and provides an example of sample policy and a sample exemption form.
- Step-By-Step Process to Creating, Implementing, and Evaluating an Employee Influenza Vaccination Policy in a Long-Term Care Facility
- This 1 page checklist summarizes the step-by-step process for creating, implementing, and evaluating an employee influenza vaccination policy in a long-term facility.
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Guidance for Leaders/Administrators in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities Who Plan to Improve Staff Influenza Vaccination Compliance through Vaccination Requirement Policies
- This list of FAQ’s provides answers to some of the most common questions about the implementation of an influenza vaccination requirement policy for health care personnel in post-acute and long-term care facilities.
- Guidance for Leaders/Administrators in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities Who Plan to Improve Staff Influenza Vaccination Compliance through Vaccination Requirement Policies
- Immunization Action Coalition’s Sample Influenza Vaccine Declination Form
- Immunization Action Coalition’s Position statement on mandatory influenza vaccination for all health care personnel – https://www.immunize.org/honor-roll/influenza-mandates/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine (FAQs)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Influenza Vaccination Information for Health Care Workers
Clinical Tools
- Health Care Worker Declination of Influenza Vaccination
- Standing Orders Templates for Administering Vaccines
- Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
- Influenza: Questions and Answers Information About the Disease and Vaccines: printable patient education handout from the Immunization Action Coalition
- I Won’t Spread Flu to My Patients or My Family poster by CDC
