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Clinical Trial of Standing-Orders Strategies to Increase the Inpatient Influenza Vaccination Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William E. Trick ,
Krishna Das ,
Mary N. Gerard ,
Marjorie Charles-Damte ,
Gregory Murphy ,
Irene Benson  and
Julia Y. Morita
William E. Trick*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Krishna Das
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Mary N. Gerard
Affiliation:
John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook Countyand Rush Medical College, Medical Informatics, Cook County Bureau of Health Services, Chicago, Illinois
Marjorie Charles-Damte
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Gregory Murphy
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
Irene Benson
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
Julia Y. Morita
Affiliation:
Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois
*
Collaborative Research Unit, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1900 W. Polk St., Ste. 1600, Chicago, IL 60612 (wtrick@cchil.org)
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Abstract

We compared strategies to increase the rate of influenza vaccination. A written standing-orders policy that enabled nurses to vaccinate patients was compared with augmentation of the standing-orders policy with either electronic opt-out orders for physicians or electronic reminders to nurses. Use of opt-out orders yielded the highest vaccination rate (12% of patients), followed by use of nursing reminders (6%); use of the standing-orders policy alone was ineffective.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 86 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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