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. 2024 Oct 31;73(43):966-972.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7343a2.

Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel - National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023-24 Respiratory Virus Season

Jeneita Bell, Lu Meng, Kira Barbre, Emily Wong, Brynn Lape-Newman, Wilson Koech, Minn M Soe, Austin Woods, David T Kuhar, Matthew J Stuckey, Heather Dubendris, Theresa Rowe, Megan C Lindley, Elizabeth J Kalayil, Jonathan Edwards, Andrea Benin, Hannah E Reses

Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel - National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023-24 Respiratory Virus Season

Jeneita Bell et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

Abstract

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that health care personnel receive an annual influenza vaccine. In September 2023, ACIP recommended that everyone aged ≥6 months receive a 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine. Health care facilities, including acute care hospitals and nursing homes, report vaccination of health care personnel against influenza and COVID-19 to CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). During October 2023-March 2024, NHSN defined up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination as receipt of a 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine. This analysis describes influenza and 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health care personnel working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2023-24 respiratory virus season (October 1, 2023-March 31, 2024). Influenza vaccination coverage was 80.7% among health care personnel at acute care hospitals and 45.4% among health care personnel at nursing homes. Coverage of 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccination was 15.3% among health care personnel at acute care hospitals and 10.5% among health care personnel at nursing homes. Respiratory viral diseases including influenza and COVID-19 pose risks to health care personnel in U.S. health care settings, and vaccination of health care personnel is an effective strategy for maintaining a healthy workforce and improving health care system resiliency.

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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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Percentage of pooled mean influenza vaccination coverage and 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health care personnel working at acute care hospitals (A and C) and nursing homes (B and D), by facility type and state — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 1, 2023–March 31, 2024 * Each facility reported summary influenza vaccination data among health care personnel working in the facility for ≥1 day during October 1, 2023–March 31, 2024. Coverage with 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccination was reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network each week; data from the week ending on March 31, 2024, or the last submitted week of data, were used for analysis. State-level vaccination coverage results were categorized into levels based on the overall quintile distribution of coverage across both vaccines and both facility types.
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