{"title":"AAP: Mandatory flu immunization of health care workers ethical, necessary","authors":"H. Bernstein, J. Starke","doi":"10.1542/aapnews.20153610-10","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Academy has reaffirmed its support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel (HCP) nationwide.\n\nMany individuals at high risk of influenza and its associated complications are in frequent, close contact with HCP because of their need to seek medical services.","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AAP News","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/aapnews.20153610-10","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Academy has reaffirmed its support for a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel (HCP) nationwide.
Many individuals at high risk of influenza and its associated complications are in frequent, close contact with HCP because of their need to seek medical services.