Sentences with phrase «flu vaccination policy»
The results of the study by Marc Baguelin and colleagues from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK, Public Health England, and Athens University of Economics and Business, show that the current flu vaccination policy that targets people aged 65 years and over and also those in high risk groups has reduced the number of flu infections and associated deaths in these groups over the past 14 years.
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«Expanding flu vaccination policies to include children could reduce infections and mortality.»
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The current influenza (flu) vaccination policy in England and Wales should be expanded to target 5 to 16 - year - olds in order to further reduce the number of deaths from flu, according to a study by UK researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
Hospitals can greatly improve their flu vaccination rate among health care workers by using a mandatory employee vaccination policy, according to a Henry Ford Health System study.
Allison Weinmann, M.D., a Henry Ford Hospital Infectious Diseases physician and study co-author, says it was only after the health system went to the mandatory policy for the 2012 - 13 flu season did the vaccination rate substantial improve.
For the 2012 - 13 flu season, Henry Ford revised its policy once more, this time requiring annual vaccination for all employees.
«Mandatory policy boosts flu vaccination rates among health care workers.»