2023
Influenza and Up-to-Date COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season
Bell J, Meng L, Barbre K, Haanschoten E, Reses H, Soe M, Edwards J, Massey J, Reddy G, Woods A, Stuckey M, Kuhar D, Bolden K, Dubendris H, Wong E, Rowe T, Lindley M, Kalayil E, Benin A. Influenza and Up-to-Date COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1237-1243. PMID: 37943704, PMCID: PMC10651318, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19 vaccination coverageHealth care personnelAcute care hospitalsVaccination coverageCOVID-19 vaccinationCare hospitalNursing homesInfluenza seasonCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkVaccine-preventable respiratory diseaseInfluenza vaccination coverageAnnual influenza vaccineHealth care facilitiesEvidence-based strategiesVaccine doseImmunization PracticesInfluenza vaccineRecommended vaccinesPrimary seriesRespiratory diseaseCare personnelCare facilitiesSafety NetworkVaccination
2022
Effectiveness of a COVID-19 Additional Primary or Booster Vaccine Dose in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents During Widespread Circulation of the Omicron Variant — United States, February 14–March 27, 2022
Prasad N, Derado G, Nanduri S, Reses H, Dubendris H, Wong E, Soe M, Li Q, Dollard P, Bagchi S, Edwards J, Shang N, Budnitz D, Bell J, Verani J, Benin A, Link-Gelles R, Jernigan J, Pilishvili T. Effectiveness of a COVID-19 Additional Primary or Booster Vaccine Dose in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents During Widespread Circulation of the Omicron Variant — United States, February 14–March 27, 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 633-637. PMID: 35511708, PMCID: PMC9098239, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7118a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkNursing home residentsPrimary series vaccinationSkilled nursing facilitiesBooster vaccine doseRelative vaccine effectivenessBooster doseVaccine effectivenessHome residentsSeries vaccinationVaccine doseCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkPreventing SARS-CoV-2 InfectionCOVID-19COVID-19-associated morbidityEarly COVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19 vaccine doseSARS-CoV-2 infectionOmicron variant infectionVaccine-induced immunityNursing home staff membersPrimary doseVaccination coverage dataCOVID-19 prevention strategiesCOVID-19 vaccinationSurveillance of COVID-19 Vaccination in Nursing Homes, United States, December 2020–July 2021
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