Infection control group: Flu shot should be required for doctors
Dr.Perlmutter’s comment:
You can count me out on this one !
From ama-assn.org
All physicians and other health care professionals with direct patient contact should be required to receive the influenza immunization annually, the Assn. for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology said in an October position paper.
The group said hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers and home health agencies should implement a system of “informed declination.” Under this system, health professionals who refuse to be vaccinated for nonmedical reasons acknowledge in writing that they are exposing their patients to additional risk.
The Washington, D.C.-based APIC represents 12,000 members who direct infection-control programs in health care facilities. The national health worker immunization rate has stalled at about 40% during the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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