When hospital workers get vaccines, community flu rates fall, study shows
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 12:51
in Health & Medicine
For every 15 healthcare providers who receive the influenza vaccination, one fewer person in the community will contract an influenza-like illness, according to a study using California public health data from 2009-2012. Influenza-like illness causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations each year and, on average, 24,000 people die as a result. Currently, vaccination is the single best way to prevent the flu.