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[Posted on behalf of Giulietta Pontivivo – Moderator]
Hi Michael
The draft update of the MoH NSW Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specific Infectious Diseases PD stipulates “HCW’s in Category A high risk groups will be mandated to be vaccinate before 31st may each year. If unvaccinated the HCW maybe deployed permanently to other low risk working environments”.
Personally I would have liked to see all HCW’s in category A be mandated to have a seasonal flu vaccine. Given that in NSW there were over 270 HC facilities that experienced influenza outbreaks last year with low rates of HCW influenza vaccination in such facilities then mandatory vaccination must be seen as a patient safety requirement.
Regards Giulietta
Giulietta Pontivivo CICP RN/RM/MPH| NM Infection Prevention Management and Staff Health Services- St Vincent’s Hospital (Unit Level 6, DeLacy Building), 390 Victoria Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Contact Details: t: 61 2 8382 3284 | f: 61 2 8382 3892 |M-0457 533 452 e: Giulietta.Pontivivo@svha.org.auThere has been an interesting discussion of the 2010 SHEA position paper on mandated influenza vaccination in the US on the Controversies in Hospital Infection Control blog (http://haicontroversies.blogspot.com.au/). The key blog posts are from Jan 29th, Feb 5th and Feb 6th.
For those who do not regularly follow this blog, it is an interesting debate. It is a discussion on evidence vs opinion for prescription of practice.
I agree with the original blog author: it is fine to state opinion and plausibility to recommend something, but if we want to mandate something, there needs to be clear evidence.
Would be interested to hear other ICP’s opinion on this topic.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
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Thank Giulietta
I wonder what evidence those who drafted this policy change have used? Or have they relied on existing position papers such as the 2010 SHEA one?
How will they tackle an informed infectious diseases physician or an emergency physician who refuses annual influenza vaccination? How could you redeploy them without financial penalty??
And to be clear, I do not disagree with recommending annual influenza vaccination for HCWs. It is penalising HCWs are for not partaking of the offer that I disagree with. Do they really pose such a risk to others that we must penalise them? That is the question.
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MichaelMichael Wishart
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
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P Please consider the environment before printing this email[Posted on behalf of Giulietta Pontivivo – Moderator]
Hi Michael
The draft update of the MoH NSW Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specific Infectious Diseases PD stipulates “HCW’s in Category A high risk groups will be mandated to be vaccinate before 31st may each year. If unvaccinated the HCW maybe deployed permanently to other low risk working environments”.
Personally I would have liked to see all HCW’s in category A be mandated to have a seasonal flu vaccine. Given that in NSW there were over 270 HC facilities that experienced influenza outbreaks last year with low rates of HCW influenza vaccination in such facilities then mandatory vaccination must be seen as a patient safety requirement.
Regards Giulietta
Giulietta Pontivivo CICP RN/RM/MPH| NM Infection Prevention Management and Staff Health Services- St Vincent’s Hospital (Unit Level 6, DeLacy Building), 390 Victoria Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Contact Details: t: 61 2 8382 3284 | f: 61 2 8382 3892 |M-0457 533 452 e: Giulietta.Pontivivo@svha.org.auThere has been an interesting discussion of the 2010 SHEA position paper on mandated influenza vaccination in the US on the Controversies in Hospital Infection Control blog (http://haicontroversies.blogspot.com.au/). The key blog posts are from Jan 29th, Feb 5th and Feb 6th.
For those who do not regularly follow this blog, it is an interesting debate. It is a discussion on evidence vs opinion for prescription of practice.
I agree with the original blog author: it is fine to state opinion and plausibility to recommend something, but if we want to mandate something, there needs to be clear evidence.
Would be interested to hear other ICP’s opinion on this topic.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
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Michael
There are several evidential factors that should make HCWs accept annual vaccination:
1. flu can be transmitted at least 24 hours before symptoms,
2. flu can be present even when a case is asymptomatic
3. flu can be easily transmitted while symptomatic during just tidal breathing
4. Flu particles can travel 2.6 metres
There is evidence to back up all of these that makes mandatory vaccination every HCW’s patient safety duty.M-L
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On 8 Feb 2017, at 9:19 pm, Michael Wishart <Michael.Wishart@SVHA.ORG.AU> wrote:
[Posted on behalf of Giulietta Pontivivo Moderator]
Hi Michael
The draft update of the MoH NSW Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specific Infectious Diseases PD stipulates HCWs in Category A high risk groups will be mandated to be vaccinate before 31st may each year. If unvaccinated the HCW maybe deployed permanently to other low risk working environments.
Personally I would have liked to see all HCWs in category A be mandated to have a seasonal flu vaccine. Given that in NSW there were over 270 HC facilities that experienced influenza outbreaks last year with low rates of HCW influenza vaccination in such facilities then mandatory vaccination must be seen as a patient safety requirement.
Regards Giulietta
Giulietta Pontivivo CICP RN/RM/MPH| NM Infection Prevention Management and Staff Health Services- St Vincents Hospital (Unit Level 6, DeLacy Building), 390 Victoria Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Contact Details: t: 61 2 8382 3284 | f: 61 2 8382 3892 |M-0457 533 452 e: Giulietta.Pontivivo@svha.org.auThere has been an interesting discussion of the 2010 SHEA position paper on mandated influenza vaccination in the US on the Controversies in Hospital Infection Control blog (http://haicontroversies.blogspot.com.au/). The key blog posts are from Jan 29th, Feb 5th and Feb 6th.
For those who do not regularly follow this blog, it is an interesting debate. It is a discussion on evidence vs opinion for prescription of practice.
I agree with the original blog author: it is fine to state opinion and plausibility to recommend something, but if we want to mandate something, there needs to be clear evidence.
Would be interested to hear other ICPs opinion on this topic.
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
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