Impact of New York State Influenza Mandate on Influenza-Like Illness, Acute Respiratory Illness, and Confirmed Influenza in Healthcare Personnel. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In 2013, New York State mandated that, during influenza season, unvaccinated healthcare personnel (HCP) wear a surgical mask in areas where patients are typically present. We found that this mandate was associated with increased HCP vaccination and decreased HCP visits to the hospital Workforce Health and Safety Department with respiratory illnesses and laboratory-confirmed influenza. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1361-1363.

publication date

  • August 22, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Health Personnel
  • Influenza, Human
  • Masks
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85041081963

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1017/ice.2017.182

PubMed ID

  • 28826427

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 11