Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic
(1) Background: vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza is considered the most effective way to protect HCWs, ensure patient’s safety and to maintain essential health care services during influenza epidemics. With the present study we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of inc...
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| author | Giuditta Scardina Luca Ceccarelli Virginia Casigliani Sara Mazzilli Marco Napoletano Martina Padovan Armando Petillo Daniele Sironi Cinzia Brilli Vittorio Gattini Lara Tavoschi Rudy Foddis Giovanni Guglielmi Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera Angelo Baggiani |
| author_facet | Giuditta Scardina Luca Ceccarelli Virginia Casigliani Sara Mazzilli Marco Napoletano Martina Padovan Armando Petillo Daniele Sironi Cinzia Brilli Vittorio Gattini Lara Tavoschi Rudy Foddis Giovanni Guglielmi Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera Angelo Baggiani |
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| description | (1) Background: vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza is considered the most effective way to protect HCWs, ensure patient’s safety and to maintain essential health care services during influenza epidemics. With the present study we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of incremental bundles of measures implemented during the last three flu campaigns and to assess the attitudes towards influenza vaccination and a potential vaccine against COVID-19 among HCWs, in a large university hospital in Pisa, Italy. (2) Methods: We described measures implemented during 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 and assessed their impact on flu vaccine coverage (VC) among employees and residents in Pisa university hospital. We considered sex, profession and ward to investigate differences in uptake. In addition, in 2020 a survey was developed and distributed to all employees to evaluate flu and COVID-19 vaccines attitudes. (3) Results: during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 flu campaigns the overall VC rate among HCWs was, respectively, 10.2% and 11.9%. In 2020/21 the overall VC rate jumped to 39.3% (+ 230.6%). Results from the survey indicated a more positive attitude towards flu vaccine as compared to COVID-19 vaccines among the 10.6% of the staff members who responded to the survey. In addition, 70.97% of HCWs totally agreed that being vaccinated against influenza would be more important than the previous years because of COVID-19 emergency. (4) Conclusions: a significant increase in VC was observed in 2020/21, especially among those sub-groups with consistently lower uptake in previous years. The COVID-19 pandemic positively influenced flu vaccination uptake during the 2020/21 season. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b50c345fb3c41a5887b888ba6debdb92023-11-22T05:12:45ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-07-019776910.3390/vaccines9070769Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the PandemicGiuditta Scardina0Luca Ceccarelli1Virginia Casigliani2Sara Mazzilli3Marco Napoletano4Martina Padovan5Armando Petillo6Daniele Sironi7Cinzia Brilli8Vittorio Gattini9Lara Tavoschi10Rudy Foddis11Giovanni Guglielmi12Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera13Angelo Baggiani14Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDivision of Occupational & Preventive Medicine, Santa Chiara Hospital, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDivision of Occupational & Preventive Medicine, Santa Chiara Hospital, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDivision of Occupational & Preventive Medicine, Santa Chiara Hospital, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56121 Pisa, Italy(1) Background: vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza is considered the most effective way to protect HCWs, ensure patient’s safety and to maintain essential health care services during influenza epidemics. With the present study we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of incremental bundles of measures implemented during the last three flu campaigns and to assess the attitudes towards influenza vaccination and a potential vaccine against COVID-19 among HCWs, in a large university hospital in Pisa, Italy. (2) Methods: We described measures implemented during 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 and assessed their impact on flu vaccine coverage (VC) among employees and residents in Pisa university hospital. We considered sex, profession and ward to investigate differences in uptake. In addition, in 2020 a survey was developed and distributed to all employees to evaluate flu and COVID-19 vaccines attitudes. (3) Results: during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 flu campaigns the overall VC rate among HCWs was, respectively, 10.2% and 11.9%. In 2020/21 the overall VC rate jumped to 39.3% (+ 230.6%). Results from the survey indicated a more positive attitude towards flu vaccine as compared to COVID-19 vaccines among the 10.6% of the staff members who responded to the survey. In addition, 70.97% of HCWs totally agreed that being vaccinated against influenza would be more important than the previous years because of COVID-19 emergency. (4) Conclusions: a significant increase in VC was observed in 2020/21, especially among those sub-groups with consistently lower uptake in previous years. The COVID-19 pandemic positively influenced flu vaccination uptake during the 2020/21 season.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/7/769healthcare workersvaccine hesitancyvaccine coverageflu vaccination campaignsCOVID-19 vaccine |
| spellingShingle | Giuditta Scardina Luca Ceccarelli Virginia Casigliani Sara Mazzilli Marco Napoletano Martina Padovan Armando Petillo Daniele Sironi Cinzia Brilli Vittorio Gattini Lara Tavoschi Rudy Foddis Giovanni Guglielmi Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera Angelo Baggiani Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic Vaccines healthcare workers vaccine hesitancy vaccine coverage flu vaccination campaigns COVID-19 vaccine |
| title | Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic |
| title_full | Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic |
| title_short | Evaluation of Flu Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during a 3 Years’ Study Period and Attitude towards Influenza and Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the Context of the Pandemic |
| title_sort | evaluation of flu vaccination coverage among healthcare workers during a 3 years study period and attitude towards influenza and potential covid 19 vaccination in the context of the pandemic |
| topic | healthcare workers vaccine hesitancy vaccine coverage flu vaccination campaigns COVID-19 vaccine |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/7/769 |
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