[MCOH-EH] More Evidence that Employer Involvement Helps!!

[Philip Harber]

FYI: Employer Requirements or Recommendations Markedly Improve Vaccination
Rates



Occupational health professionals should encourage employers to actively
facilitate vaccination!!  This week’s MMWR supports this suggestion and
provides further evidence that the employer of healthcare personnel can
greatly facilitate vaccination rates. While rates for both COVID and
influenza vaccination were better with employer mandates, even a
recommendation without requirement had a significant impact. (97%, 76%, 48%
respectively for flu vaccination with requirement, recommendation, or none)



Similar results were seen for COVID-19 vaccination considering at least one
dose or completion of primary series. However, receipt of booster among
those completing the primary series showed considerably less gradient by
employer requirement/recommendation/none status.



Also, there were remarkable differences by job title: higher paid/educated
staff had vaccination percent coverage 50% greater than that of lower paid
staff (assistant/aide).



IMPLICATIONS: 1) Employers play an important role;* even
education/encouragement without mandate is helpful*. 2) We need to do much
better to help vaccination in  assistant/aide workers, particularly since
they may be at higher risk of community acquired infection as well.



See:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/pdfs/mm7142a2-H.pdf


PS: Respirator survey:

https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b495F63Z7fzmAMm


*Philip Harber *

email:  philharber at gmail.com or pharber at arizona.edu
<pharber at email.arizona.edu>

Office Phone: 520-626-1263

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