Flu Vaccine for Medical Professionals

Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers

02/13/2024 Public Health Officer: Rescinding Health Officer Order for Flu Vaccine or Mask for Healthcare Workers

Articles about the increased importance of influenza vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Frequently Asked Questions about Influenza (Flu): 2022-2023 Season | CDC
• Why COVID-19 Means You Need a Flu Shot This Year
• Coronavirus and the Flu: A Looming Double Threat
• Health Officer Order for Health Care Worker Influenza Vaccine or Mask 
• ACP policy on influenza vaccination of healthcare workers
• Honor roll for patient safety: Mandatory flu vaccine policies for healthcare workers (Immunization Action Coalition)
• Resolution: Influenza immunization for healthcare workers (2009 House of Delegates)
• Mandatory influenza vaccination of healthcare workers: a 5-year study (PubMed)
• Mandatory influenza vaccination of healthcare workers: translating policy to practice (PubMed)
• Vaccinating healthcare workers (National Influenza Vaccine Summit)
• Vaccinating healthcare workers against influenza: The ethical and legal rationale for a mandate (ACPH)

Physical Interventions to Prevent the Spread of Viruses

• Droplet infection and its prevention by the face mask (Oxford)
• Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (Lancet)
• Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: Systematic review (BMJ)
• The value of the face mask and other measures (from 1918)