title: Correlates of change in health care worker seasonal influenza vaccination rates among dialysis facilities.
abstract: We conducted a campaign to increase seasonal influenza vaccination of dialysis health care workers (HCWs) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Between the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons we examined the correlates of change. HCW vaccination rates improved significantly (P < .01) from a mean ± standard deviation of 64.5 ± 27.4 to 72.7 ± 23.1. Evidence-based practices were in wide use and although we did not find an association between these and improvement, we did find that lower-performing facilities tended to improve more (P < .01) and there was a positive relationship between patient influenza vaccination rates and improvement in HCW rates (P < .01), with the mean ± standard deviation patient rate of 88.3 ± 7.9 exceeding the HCW rate during the 2011-2012 season (P < .01).
authors: Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition, Richmond, VA. Electronic address: jlynch@wvmi.org.
authors: Janet R
authors: JR
authors: Lynch
authors: Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition, Richmond, VA.
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Armistead
authors: Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition, Richmond, VA.
authors: Brandy B
authors: BB
authors: Vinson
authors: Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Alexandria, VA.
authors: Andrew D
authors: AD
authors: Howard
mesh_terms: D004219:District of Columbia; D006268:Health Facilities; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016014:Linear Models; D008396:Maryland; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012621:Seasons; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014768:Virginia
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines
keywords: Evidence-based medicine; Health personnel; Health promotion