Article: Joint Commission Resources Challenges Hospitals to Increase Flu Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Workers.

In the Name of Patient Safety, Health Care Workers are Encouraged to Help Protect their Patients by Getting Vaccinated Against the Flu

OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Joint Commission Resources (JCR) has launched a Flu Vaccination Challenge to underscore the responsibility that hospitals have to help keep their employees and patients healthy this flu season. The Flu Vaccination Challenge is designed to increase flu vaccination rates among health care workers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the 2005-2006 flu season, only 42 percent of surveyed health care workers received a flu vaccination. In past years, flu ...

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