Influenza vaccine uptake and attitudes of healthcare workers in Ireland

Abstract

Influenza vaccination uptake by Irish healthcare workers remains sub-optimal despite local initiatives to increase it. To investigate hospital workers' attitudes to influenza vaccination and how this influenced their decisions about vaccination. A questionnaire survey of Irish hospital workers, measuring uptake of and attitudes to influenza vaccination. There were 747 responders, of whom 361 (48%) reported having received influenza vaccination. Attitudes predicting vaccination uptake included a belief that vaccination would protect family members (P