Although as chaplain Michael Bergin wasn’t out on the fronts fighting, he still fell victim to the illnesses and injuries of war. On 16th June 1915, he was admitted to A. S. Hospital Mudros, a town on the island of Lemnos, in Greece which was used as an allied base with influenza and diarrhoea. Commonly known as the flu, influenza is an extremely contagious virus pasted from person to person by sneezing or coughing. In the Great War, more people died of influenza rather than the war itself. The pandemic outbreak however started in 1918 after Bergin’s death.…
Jamie Mendez 's 1301 Portfolio HOME COMPOSING PROCESS SUMMARY/ANALYSIS BIBLIOGRAPHY Jamie Mendez Ms. Cowart ENGL 1301 Sept. 4, 2015 Summary/Analysis Essay There are many reasons as to why health care workers do or do not get immunized with the influenza vaccine. The article “Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: seven truths we must accept”, written by G. A. Poland, P. Tosh, and R. M. Jacobson identifies seven reasons why it is imperative to require all health care employees to receive the vaccine.(Poland, Gregory A.; Tosh, Pritish; Jacobson, Robert M. 2251) The article attempts to persuade the health care system and health care workers that the influenza vaccine prevents influenza infections and death…
Getting the flu shot has many benefits and disadvantages. Some prefer to get one. Others are against the idea. The flu shot has a lot more benefits than disadvantages however. Getting the flu shot can save your life surprisingly.…
The flu virus can be prevented through the flu shot. Some people may feel lousy after the flu shot because their immune system is preparing to recognize that virus and destroy it. The flu vaccine decreases the chances of one to get sick, as well as the duration of the sickness. There is more cases in the winter and fall since people tend to stay indoors more often, hence if one person gets it, it is easily to spread it to someone else in that home. In addition, less vitamin D is produced in one’s body as a result of the sun being lower in the sky.…
Flu vaccinations among students should be required to attend classes. A student who is not vaccinated but is very sick can most likely pass the flu to another student since it is contagious. Students who get vaccinated can protect themselves from developing an illness. As a public professional, I would tell someone who believes you can get the flu from the vaccine that they are wrong! The flu shot prevents someone from catching the flu where if it is not taken care of from the beginning it can become…
Vaccine, 31, 1171-1776. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.02.002 It is highly recommended that healthcare workers be vaccinated for influenza to protect their patients who are at high risk for complications. Health care worker are provided convenient vaccination access and information from their health care facility.…
Rebecca, thank you for sharing your post with fantastic information covering immunizations concerns, example of Ebola, airborne isolation, infection prevention committee and reducing injuries. At Bellin in Green Bay, annual flu immunizations follow the same protocol, mandating staff within direct patient care those who deny the flu vaccine must wear a mask throughout the entire flu season. This protocol is on way to reduce risks of exposure by protecting both staff and patients. Some staff members don’t agree with the protocol however I support and follow the protocol each year through my annual flu vaccination.…
I believe that all nurses should receive the flu vaccination for several reasons. Some would be for the protection of themselves and their patients; for their place of business, and for their children. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) recommend that all U.S. healthcare workers get vaccinated annually against influenza. (Services, n.d.)…
Influenza vaccination rates for the 2013-2014 influenza season indicated that among adults aged 18 and older, non-Hispanic whites (45.4%), Asians (43.6%), and American Indians/Alaska Natives (44.1%) had similar coverage, while non-Hispanic blacks (35.6%) and Hispanics (33.1%) had the lowest rates of influenza vaccination (Santibanez et al., 2014). One study investigated the racial and ethnic differences in the acceptance of the 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccine (Uscher-Pines et al., 2011). The researchers assessed if outreach efforts put forth by the federal government, such as providing free or low-cost vaccinations, were an effective strategy in increasing vaccination rates in minority groups. Individuals that self-reported as White (non-Hispanic), Black (non-Hispanic), and Hispanic were included in the study. Data analysis showed a significant difference in seasonal influenza vaccination rates between Whites (42.6%) and Blacks (32.2%) (Uscher-Pines et al., 2011).…
727 words Influenza nfluenza is also called the flu but it is not your common flu it is a highly contagious viral ere illness and can also cause infection the viral infection influenza can kill. The flu causes life threatening complications including pneumonia. The flu is spread by direct contact with a person with the infection and a person without. The estimated amount of deaths that influenza assist with is around three thousand in just Australia.…
These are preventable deaths. Requiring an annual flu vaccine is crucial to protect the safety and health of patients in hospitals, many of whom already have weakened immune systems, as well as visitors, and co-workers. Vaccination for healthcare personnel has been recommended for years, vaccination rates remain at 45 percent…
Missed opportunities for influenza vaccination occur in acute-care visits when a clinician may not be thinking about vaccination or being aware a patient was under-vaccinated (Stockwell & Fiks, 2013). It is difficult for physicians to know if a patient has been vaccinated, and for certain high-risk population groups it is imperative to administer the influenza vaccine. A CDS system is comparable to hiring a new member of a clinical practice. The technology helps providers aggregate and synthesize data at the patient and population levels to increase the rates of intervention (McLeod, Eidus, & Stewart, 2012).…
Proper hand washing and other low cost measures are the first defense against outbreaks of influenza. Handwashing, education and diligence in schools will help decrease the risk for a national flu pandemic. We have already witnessed the deaths of children in our local communities this year and have seen the closure of schools as recently as this past week. In order to create a disaster plan in the event of an increase in illness, education in schools is a first-line defense in the spread of infection. Nurses and other health care professionals need to be utilizing all of these preventative measures and disseminating any information available at all of their facilities.…
INTRODUCTION Two significantly important highly pathogenic infection diseases namely Legionellosis and Influenza remains even today a threat to global health. They can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure but they can also generate hospital-acquired infections.1 Moreover Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection.…
Although influenza has many strains with the ability to mutate, the vaccine is designed to target the strain that is most likely to cause illness among all populations. It can reduce the risk of infection by thirty to seventy percent in the elderly. Receiving the vaccination also resulted in a decrease of mortality from all causes in older adults during the influenza season. These vaccines are normally administered intramuscularly as an inactivated virus. Another way to reduce these acute infectious diseases among not only the elder generations but the whole population is awareness.…