Comprehensive Reports
The following reports summarize key information to help support annual influenza vaccination among a diverse population. They have been created based on expert panels and discussions about increasing influenza vaccination rates.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Health Care Personnel Report
This report summarizes recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) concerning influenza vaccination of health care personnel (HCP) in the U.S.
> CDC Health Care Personnel Report
Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Report
The Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) recently issued a new report highlighting the considerable impact of influenza, a serious and potentially deadly virus, on the pediatric population. The report, "Improving Childhood Influenza Immunization Rates To Protect Our Nation's Children," outlines strategies to help immunize more infants, children and adolescents against influenza.
Diabetes and Influenza Call to Action
This Call to Action urges a comprehensive approach among practices and institutions that administer influenza vaccine to patients with diabetes, and those that do not offer vaccination services yet should refer patients to be immunized elsewhere.
Diabetes and Influenza Call to Action
Diabetes and Influenza Report
The "Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in Adults and Children with Diabetes" report outlines successful models and provides professional tools that health care professionals can use to help increase dangerously low influenza vaccination rates among people with diabetes. In addition, the report provides resources for those that do not offer vaccination services in an effort to refer patients to be immunized elsewhere.
A Call to Action: Influenza Immunization Among Health Care Personnel
"A Call to Action: Improving Dismal Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Workers," stresses that influenza vaccination is an important goal for improved public health and safety.
NIFD Health Workers Call to Action
Health Care Workers Report
The document entitled, "Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in Health Care Workers" identifies the importance of annual influenza vaccination for health care workers and provides strategies that can be implemented to increase protection in workers and improve patient safety.
NFID Health Care Workers Report
Influenza and Children with Asthma Report
This comprehensive report provides practical strategies and tools to help health care professionals increase influenza vaccination rates in children with asthma. These tools can be tailored for use within a variety of clinical settings to help create a comprehensive approach toward improving influenza vaccination among this high-risk population.