Influenza Toolkit - Consider the Evidence

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Familiarize yourself with current immunization recommendations for health care workers (HCW)	Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) HCW Recommendations pdf* (55.04kb) Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) February 24, 2006/ 55(RR02); 1-16 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), August 6, 2010 / 59(rr08); 1-62 IAC First Do No Harm pdf (79.50kb)
Understand the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standard for influenza vaccination	JCAHO Standard, June 13, 2006 pdf (256.49kb)
Determine who is considered a HCW within your facility	US Department of Health & Human Services, Definition of Health Care Personnel, March 2008

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Familiarize yourself with current immunization recommendations for health care workers (HCW)