title: Improving influenza vaccination of healthcare workers by means of quality improvement tools.
abstract: For a healthcare worker seasonal influenza vaccination quality improvement project, interventions included support of leadership, distribution of vaccine kits, grand rounds, an influenza website, a screensaver, e-mails, phone messages, and audit feedback. Vaccination rates increased from 58.8% to 76.6% (P < .01). Quality improvement increased the voluntary vaccination rate but did not achieve a rate more than 80%.
authors.affiliation: South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA. cadenazuluag@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cadena
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prigmore
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowling
authors.forename: Beth Ann
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Leni
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kirkman
authors.forename: Amruta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parekh
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scepanski
authors.forename: Jan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*