Iowa LTCF Immunization Survey |
Introduction
October through March is flu season and vaccination remains the single most effective preventive measure available against influenza, and can prevent many illnesses, deaths, and losses in productivity.
CMS is now requiring PPS hospitals to report their healthcare worker immunization rates for this flu season and have stated that critical access hospitals, long-term care facilities and ambulatory surgery centers will also be asked to do this in the near future.
Iowa has been working to improve hospital health care worker influenza immunization rates since 2006 and is now leading the nation in this CDC iniative with a rate of over 94%.
The purpose of this survey is to learn more from each Iowa LTCF, NF, SNF and ALP about their influenza vaccination practices with regard to staff. Your responses are very much appreciated and will assist stakeholders in improving the effectiveness of our state’s healthcare worker immunization programming, increase our reliability in terms of the effectiveness of our approaches, and ultimately help improve statewide healthcare worker immunization rates and health prior to mandatory CMS reporting in the future.
Individual responses will not be personally identifiable, and facility level responses will not be reported publicly.
CMS is now requiring PPS hospitals to report their healthcare worker immunization rates for this flu season and have stated that critical access hospitals, long-term care facilities and ambulatory surgery centers will also be asked to do this in the near future.
Iowa has been working to improve hospital health care worker influenza immunization rates since 2006 and is now leading the nation in this CDC iniative with a rate of over 94%.
The purpose of this survey is to learn more from each Iowa LTCF, NF, SNF and ALP about their influenza vaccination practices with regard to staff. Your responses are very much appreciated and will assist stakeholders in improving the effectiveness of our state’s healthcare worker immunization programming, increase our reliability in terms of the effectiveness of our approaches, and ultimately help improve statewide healthcare worker immunization rates and health prior to mandatory CMS reporting in the future.
Individual responses will not be personally identifiable, and facility level responses will not be reported publicly.