Mandatory Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers as the New Standard of Care: A Matter of Patient Safety and Nonmaleficent Practice.

• Autores: Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 104, Nº. 11, 2014, págs. 2060-2065
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A growing body of literature defends the efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination for health care workers in reducing the mortality of hospitalized patients. I review the evidence concerning influenza vaccination, concluding that universal vaccination of health care workers against influenza should be considered standard patient care and that nonvaccination represents maleficent care. I further argue that the ethical responsibility to ensure universal vaccination of staff against seasonal influenza lies not only with individual health care providers but with each individual health care institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]