Flu Vaccine for Medical Professionals

Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers

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

• 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 

• Mandate for vaccination or mask/non-patient care beginning fall 2013

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)

Time to mandate influenza vaccination in healthcare workers (Lancet)

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 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)