COMBATING SEASONAL INFLUENZA IN CLINICAL SETTINGS: STAFF VACCINATION AS A KEY STRATEGY

Authors

  • Amjad Abdullah Ashri Aldrees1, Turki Burki Rashdan almateeri2, Fahad abdulaziz alwarrad3, Thamer Awadh Almutairi4, Dalal Fahad I Bin Dayel5, Hadi Obaid Almutairi6, Shaden Abdullah Nasser Alabdullah7, Basmah Fahad AlQahtani8 and Ayat Hamza Arnous9 Author

Keywords:

Seasonal influenza, staff vaccination, clinical settings, vaccine efficacy

Abstract

Combating seasonal influenza is a major concern in clinical settings, and vaccination of staff plays a key role in the protective measures that can be adopted to limit the effects of the epidemic. In 1918 more than 20 million people died across the world and since then the seasonal flu virus has had a strong impact on public health; in 2017 the virus caused about 6,453,001 deaths and 54,481,016 disease-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost (Lecce et al., 2021). Before the availability of vaccines, when the influenza virus was circulating the hospitalisation rate increased considerably. In clinical settings, patients that develop the virus often require assistance for several months and their contagious condition causes an additional strain on staff and facilities. At the same time, infected caregivers working on the front line are even less able to cope with the pressure, reducing their effectiveness and endurance.

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Published

2025-05-01

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Articles