title: A qualitative assessment of a performance measure for reporting influenza vaccination rates among healthcare personnel.
abstract: To understand the feasibility of implementing a standardized performance measure for collecting and reporting influenza vaccination rates among healthcare personnel, qualitative, semistructured interviews were conducted with key informants in 32 healthcare facilities. Despite practical and logistical challenges to implementing the measure, respondents perceived clear benefits to its use.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. fwu4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Taranisia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maccannell
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shugart
authors.forename: Amy K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Megan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lindley
authors.forename: Suchita A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lorick
authors.forename: Agam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Ladora O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Faruque
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Ronda L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sinkowitz-Cochran
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*