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“WE ARE ASSESSING EVERY PATIENT’S IMMUNIZATION STATUS AND BEING
PROACTIVE IN PROVIDING SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH APPROPRIATE VACCINATIONS.”
PHILIP ROBINSON, MD, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF INFECTION PREVENTION
CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND INFECTION PREVENTION CONTINUED
INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATIONS
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), influenza causes between 3,000 and 49,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations annually in the United States. Immunization is the single best way to protect against influenza. Health experts recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older be vaccinated against influenza every year.
To help protect our patients during flu season, October 1 to March 31, we encourage our patients to receive a flu shot before they are admitted. We emphasize this recommendation during our pre-op education classes. HOI screens every inpatient during flu season to ensure that they have received the vaccination, and offers
the vaccine to hospitalized patients who have not received it.
Inpatient Influenza Vaccination Compliance
PNEUMONIA VACCINATIONS
Another serious illness we immunize patients against is pneumonia. Nearly one million people are hospitalized with pneumonia and about 50,000 people die from this disease every year in the
U.S. An easily administered, low-risk vaccine can significantly reduce a patient’s chance of infection.
The CDC recommends pneumococcal vaccines for all patients over 65 years of age and those with risk criteria. All inpatients at HOI are screened for the pneumococcal vaccine. Unvaccinated patients who meet risk criteria are offered the vaccine before being discharged from the hospital.
Inpatient Pneumonia Vaccination Compliance
(Percent - Higher is Better)
100 95
90 90.0% 85
80
Source: www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare, data retrieved November 2014 and HOI FY14 quality dashboard
(Percent - Higher is Better)
98.6% 100 95
89.0% 90
97.2%
92.0%
90.0%
85
80
Average for all reporting hospitals in the United States
Average for all reporting hospitals in California
Source: www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare, data retrieved November 2014 and HOI FY14 quality dashboard
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