title: Experts: time to prepare for next flu season.
abstract: While 98% of hospitals indicate they offer staff vaccinations, only 40% of health care workers receive them. Planning for each flu season should begin in February or March of the previous year. Cost and inconvenient scheduling are among the major barriers to staff vaccination.
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014481:United States