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ACIP to health workers: vaccinate thyself for flu.(News)(Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices )

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| August 01, 2004 | Norton, Patrice G.W. | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ATLANTA -- In an effort to put teeth behind its current recommendations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices drafted a separate statement calling on health care workers and their employers to vaccinate themselves against influenza.

The new effort targeting health care personnel stops short of punitive measures, but does include a provision that should a health care worker refuse to be vaccinated, the worker should sign a statement of declination to give to their employer.

"The issue here is do you realize you are putting yourself and your patients at risk?" said ACIP member Jon Abramson, professor and chair of pediatrics at Wake Forest University,…

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