[Caregivers and residents, raising awareness of the influenza vaccine]

Claire Plantet; Stéphane Sanchez; Nadia Cohen; Philippe Denormandie; Aurélien Dinh

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2016.09.010

[Caregivers and residents, raising awareness of the influenza vaccine]

Soins Gerontol. 2016 Nov-Dec;21(122):39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2016.09.010.

[Article in French]

Authors

Claire Plantet¹, Stéphane Sanchez², Nadia Cohen¹, Philippe Denormandie¹, Aurélien Dinh³

Affiliations

¹ Institut du Bien Vieillir, Korian, 21-25 rue Balzac, 75008 Paris, France.
² Institut du Bien Vieillir, Korian, 21-25 rue Balzac, 75008 Paris, France; Hôpitaux Champagne Sud, Pôle IMEP, 101 avenue Anatole-France, CS 20718, 10003 Troyes cedex, France. Electronic address: stephane.sanchez@ch-troyes.fr.
³ Infectiologie, unité des maladies infectieuses, Hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Ile de France-Ouest, AP-HP, UVSQ, 104 bd Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.

PMID: 27842651
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2016.09.010

Abstract

Influenza epidemics in nursing homes can lead to serious complications with a high level of lethality. It has been shown that an active policy of awareness campaigns with obligatory information materials and easy access to influenza immunisation increases the rate of vaccination coverage.

Keywords: elderly person; formation; grippe; influenza; nursing home; personne âgée; training; vaccin; vaccine; établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.

MeSH terms

Aged
France
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control
Influenza Vaccines*
Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
Influenza, Human / transmission
Nursing Homes*
Vaccination / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Influenza Vaccines