Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
Increasing Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
To assist in the development of successful vaccination programmes, we reviewed studies where interventions aimed to increase the uptake of influenza vaccination among hospital healthcare workers (HCW). For the inventory of intervention studies, published articles were identified searching PUBMED computerized database from January 1990 to December 2011 with a combination of keyword and subject heading searches using the following terms: 'influenza', 'health personnel', 'vaccination', 'influenza vaccines', 'hospitals'. We also checked the reference lists of relevant publications, including reviews and meta-analyses of interventions aimed at increasing influenza vaccination rates among HCW. The exact search strategy included the following steps (Figure A1):
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Figure A1.
Identification of eligible studies (PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram).
('Influenza, Human'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza B virus'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza A virus'[Mesh] OR 'Influenzavirus B'[Mesh] OR 'Influenzavirus A'[Mesh] OR influenza*[TIAB] OR 'flu'[TIAB] OR 'grippe'[TIAB] OR 'seasonal influenza'[Text Word] OR 'flu'[Text Word]).
('Health Personnel'[MeSH] OR 'Allied Health personnel'[MeSH] OR 'Caregivers'[MeSH] OR 'Physicians'[MeSH] OR 'Medical Staff, Hospital'[MeSH] OR 'Health Personnel'[tw] OR 'Healthcare workers'[tw] OR 'Healthcare worker'[tw] OR 'Medical Staff '[tw] OR 'General Practitioners'[tw] OR Caregivers [tw] OR 'Nurses'[MeSH] OR 'Nurses' Aides'[MeSH] OR 'Nurse Practitioners'[MeSH] OR 'Nurses' [tw] OR 'Nurse' [tw] OR 'Midwives'[tw] OR 'Nurse Practitioners' [tw] OR Nursing Staff [tw] OR 'Students, Medical'[MeSH] OR 'Students, Nursing'[MeSH] OR 'Medical students' [tw] OR 'Nursing students'[tw]).
('Hospital Units'[Mesh] OR 'Hospitals'[Mesh] OR 'hospital' [TIAB] OR 'hospitals' [TIAB]).
('Vaccination'[Mesh] OR 'immunization' [TIAB] OR 'immunisation' [TIAB]) OR 'Vaccines'[Mesh] OR vaccination [TIAB] OR vaccines [TIAB] OR vaccine [TIAB]).
('Influenza Vaccines'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza Vaccines' [TIAB] OR 'Flu Vaccines' [TIAB] OR 'Influenza Vaccine' [TIAB] OR 'Flu vaccine' [TIAB]).
Annex 1
Search Strategy
To assist in the development of successful vaccination programmes, we reviewed studies where interventions aimed to increase the uptake of influenza vaccination among hospital healthcare workers (HCW). For the inventory of intervention studies, published articles were identified searching PUBMED computerized database from January 1990 to December 2011 with a combination of keyword and subject heading searches using the following terms: 'influenza', 'health personnel', 'vaccination', 'influenza vaccines', 'hospitals'. We also checked the reference lists of relevant publications, including reviews and meta-analyses of interventions aimed at increasing influenza vaccination rates among HCW. The exact search strategy included the following steps (Figure A1):
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Figure A1.
Identification of eligible studies (PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram).
Step 1
('Influenza, Human'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza B virus'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza A virus'[Mesh] OR 'Influenzavirus B'[Mesh] OR 'Influenzavirus A'[Mesh] OR influenza*[TIAB] OR 'flu'[TIAB] OR 'grippe'[TIAB] OR 'seasonal influenza'[Text Word] OR 'flu'[Text Word]).
Step 2
('Health Personnel'[MeSH] OR 'Allied Health personnel'[MeSH] OR 'Caregivers'[MeSH] OR 'Physicians'[MeSH] OR 'Medical Staff, Hospital'[MeSH] OR 'Health Personnel'[tw] OR 'Healthcare workers'[tw] OR 'Healthcare worker'[tw] OR 'Medical Staff '[tw] OR 'General Practitioners'[tw] OR Caregivers [tw] OR 'Nurses'[MeSH] OR 'Nurses' Aides'[MeSH] OR 'Nurse Practitioners'[MeSH] OR 'Nurses' [tw] OR 'Nurse' [tw] OR 'Midwives'[tw] OR 'Nurse Practitioners' [tw] OR Nursing Staff [tw] OR 'Students, Medical'[MeSH] OR 'Students, Nursing'[MeSH] OR 'Medical students' [tw] OR 'Nursing students'[tw]).
Step 3
('Hospital Units'[Mesh] OR 'Hospitals'[Mesh] OR 'hospital' [TIAB] OR 'hospitals' [TIAB]).
Step 4
('Vaccination'[Mesh] OR 'immunization' [TIAB] OR 'immunisation' [TIAB]) OR 'Vaccines'[Mesh] OR vaccination [TIAB] OR vaccines [TIAB] OR vaccine [TIAB]).
Step 5
('Influenza Vaccines'[Mesh] OR 'Influenza Vaccines' [TIAB] OR 'Flu Vaccines' [TIAB] OR 'Influenza Vaccine' [TIAB] OR 'Flu vaccine' [TIAB]).
Combinations
| Combo #1 – Step1 and Step2 and Step3 and Step4 | 489 |
| Combo #2 – Step2 and Step3 and Step5 | 359 |
| Combo #1 or Combo #2 | 491 |
Limits
| Publication Date from 1990/01/01 to 2011/12/31 and English, French, German | 423 |
Additional articles
| Additional articles (n = 58) that were identified through checking of the reference lists of relevant publications | 481 |