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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 3
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers in Greece

Helen C. Maltezou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Antonios Maragos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Vasilios Raftopoulos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Katerina Karageorgou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Theopisti Halharapi From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Helen Remoudaki From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Theodoros Papadimitriou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Ioannis N. Pierroutsakos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Pages 266-268 | Received 31 May 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

The aim of the current study was to investigate the contribution of various strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers (HCWs) working in hospitals in Greece during the 2005–2006 season. A total of 132 Greek public hospitals participated in the study. The mean HCWs vaccination rate against influenza during 2005–2006 was 16.36% compared with 1.72% during the previous season. Logistic regression analysis showed that the implementation of the following strategies was significantly associated with influenza vaccination rates above the mean vaccination rate: a mobile vaccination team (OR 2.942, 95% CI 1.154–5.382, p-value 0.016) and lectures on influenza and influenza vaccine (OR 2.386, 95% CI 0.999–5.704, p-value 0.036). In conclusion, in Greece influenza vaccination rates among HCWs remain low; however, the implementation of specific strategies was associated with increased vaccine uptakes.

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