Data snapshot: improving influenza vaccination rates of healthcare personnel in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities

Data snapshot: improving influenza vaccination rates of healthcare personnel in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
Author(s):
Roberts, Terri Lee, author
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2017
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Personnel
Influenza Vaccines -- therapeutic use
Nursing Homes
Vaccination -- statistics & numerical data
Pennsylvania
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness that can cause mild to severe illness and can lead to death. Elderly people (65 years or older) are at greater risk of serious complications from influenza than younger individuals because human immune defenses become weaker with age. In the 2012--2013 influenza season, about half of the 12,336 reported influenza-associated hospitalizations occurred in elderly people. An estimated 5,500 influenza-associated deaths occur annually in elderly people, accounting for about 90% of deaths from influenza infections in the United States. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listed influenza and pneumonia combined as the eighth leading cause of death in elderly people. Respiratory tract infection was the second most frequent healthcare-associated infection reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority by Pennsylvania's long-term care (LTC) facilities from 2013 through 2015.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 36-38))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101704112 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101704112