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Wednesday, March 7, 2007: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

J1: Increasing Influenza Vaccine Coverage among Health Care Workers

Presenters will review novel and effective approaches to increasing vaccine coverage rates among healthcare workers and discuss reasons for missed opportunities for vaccination of this group.
Moderator:Carolyn Bridges
4:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
4:05 PMDid You Take Your Medicine? Influenza vaccination in hospitals: the San Diego Hospital Influenza Immunization Project
Michelle Dzulynsky, Christina Hawley, Karina Gardea, Kathy Holcomb, Michelle De Guire, Wendy Wang, K. Michael Peddecord, John M. Fontanesi, Kathleen W. Gustafson, Adrienne Collins Yancey, Mark H. Sawyer, Barbara H. Bardenheier
4:20 PMInterventions to Improve Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers in a Large Health System
Richard K. Zimmerman, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Dwgiht E. Fox, Mark Tanis, Jay D. Harper
4:35 PMMERE FORCE - An Approach to Vaccinating Healthcare Workers!
Vivian W. Barbee, Scott J. Spillmann, Bernadette C. Menuey
4:50 PMDiscussion

The 41st National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC