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Influenza Vaccination Among Medical Residents in a Teaching Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eliahu Bishburg ,
Monica Shah  and
A. Scott Mathis
Eliahu Bishburg*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
Monica Shah
Affiliation:
Pharmacy Department, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
A. Scott Mathis
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Ave., Newark, NJ 07112 (ebishburg@sbhcs.com)
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Abstract

We assessed the rates of influenza vaccine acceptance and the reasons for acceptance or refusal among medical residents in different disciplines during the 2004-2005 influenza season. Rates varied among disciplines; emergency department residents had the lowest acceptance rate (24%). The perception of a low risk of contracting influenza was the most common reason reported for vaccine refusal.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 89 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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