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A Qualitative Assessment of a Performance Measure for Reporting Influenza Vaccination Rates among Healthcare Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Taranisia MacCannell ,
Alicia Shugart ,
Amy K. Schneider ,
Megan C. Lindley ,
Suchita A. Lorick ,
Agam Rao ,
LaDora O. Woods ,
Faruque Ahmed  and
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran
Taranisia MacCannell*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia
Alicia Shugart
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia
Amy K. Schneider
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia
Megan C. Lindley
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Immunization Services Division (ISD), Atlanta, Georgia
Suchita A. Lorick
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Immunization Services Division (ISD), Atlanta, Georgia
Agam Rao
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia
LaDora O. Woods
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Immunization Services Division (ISD), Atlanta, Georgia
Faruque Ahmed
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Immunization Services Division (ISD), Atlanta, Georgia
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS A-31, Atlanta, GA 30333 (fwu4@cdc.gov)
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Abstract

To understand the feasibility of implementing a standardized performance measure for collecting and reporting influenza vaccination rates among healthcare personnel, qualitative, semistructured interviews were conducted with key informants in 32 healthcare facilities. Despite practical and logistical challenges to implementing the measure, respondents perceived clear benefits to its use.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2012 , pp. 945 - 948
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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