Influenza Vaccination Should be Mandatory

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Influenza is very contagious and spreads rapidly from person to person. Influenza causes worldwide yearly epidemics. According to World Health organization Influenza affects 5-15% world’s population and resulting in 500,000 deaths yearly. Ottenberg stated that, in United States, an average of 200,000 were hospitalized and 36,000 died each year from influenza complications. Influenza is the sixth leading cause of death among US adults and is related to 1 in 20 death in persons older than 65 years. Disease control and prevention estimates indicate that infections like H1N1 which is one of the types of influenza, have resulted in an estimated 42 to 86 million cases and 8520 to 17620 deaths. As I mentioned earlier that infections like influenza are very contagious, they can spread easily from hcw to Patient and back to hcw. The most efficient and effective method of preventing influenza infection is vaccination(The best way to prevent influenza is with annual vaccination).(Sullivan,2010) (Gregory,Tosh &Jacobson, 2005). Motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness Influenza may increase the risk for death in people with existing heart, lung, or circulation disorders. In fact, the higher than average number of winter deaths in people with heart disease may be due only to the occurrence of influenza during those months.Vaccination provides immunity to fight against infection.To increase resistance to harm by modifying the environment to minimize preventable illness (NEED TO CHANGE WORDING)

Thesis statement:It should be mandatory for hcw to receive vaccination, because it will increase patient safety by prevent spread of the infection and it is also cost effective.

Problem:

Vaccination should be mandated because of low rate of vacci...

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...y want annual tuberculosis screening. Requiring health care workers to receive influenza vaccination is a safe, effective patient-safety measure—and it's the right thing to do (NEED TO CHANGE WORDING)

Works Cited

Anikeeva, O., Mayer, A. B., & Rogers, W. (2009). Requiring influenza vaccination for

health care workers. American Journal of Public Health, 99 (1), 24-29.

Khenzi, N., Hutton, D. N., Garber, A. M., Hupert, N., & Owens, D. K. (2009).

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of vaccination against pandemic

influenza (H1N1) 2009. Annals of Internal Medicine, 151(12), 829-837.

Ottenberg, A. L., Wu, J. T., Poland, G. A., Jacobson, R. M., Koenig , B. A., & Tilburt, J. C.

(2011). Vaccinating health care workers against influenza: the ethical and

legal rationale for a mandate. American Journal of Public Health, 101(2),

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