Surveys of vaccination coverage among healthcare workers in healthcare facilities and nursing homes, 2018–2019 season
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Vaccination is one of the priorities of the National Health Strategy. In France, healthcare workers are subject to specific vaccination recommendations aimed, on the one hand, at protecting them from the communicable diseases to which they are exposed and, on the other hand, at reducing the transmission of these diseases to their patients and residents.
Vaccinations against influenza, measles, chickenpox, and pertussis, currently recommended for healthcare professionals, are subject to potential changes in the accompanying regulatory framework. Historical data showed that vaccination coverage for these infections among these professionals was insufficient1,2.
Santé publique France, in collaboration with CPias Nouvelle Aquitaine, which oversees the National Mission to Support Actions for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (Mission Matis), thus conducted two studies in 2019, the first in healthcare facilities and the second in long-term care facilities (Ehpad). Both studies, based on random samples of facilities (selected by lottery), were conducted in metropolitan France and in the French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, and Mayotte).
The initial results of these studies on influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare professionals in nursing homes and healthcare facilities for the 2018–2019 season were released in October 2019. The results on vaccination coverage against measles, pertussis, and chickenpox among healthcare professionals in healthcare facilities were released in November 2020.
[1] Guthmann JP, Fonteneau L, Ciotti C, Bouvet E, Pellissier G, Lévy-Bruhl D, Abiteboul D. Vaccination coverage among healthcare workers in French healthcare facilities. Results of the 2009 Vaxisoin national survey. Bull Epidemiol Hebd 2011; 35-36:371-6.
[2] Vaux S, Noël D, Fonteneau L, Guthmann JP, Lévy-Bruhl D. Influenza vaccination coverage of healthcare workers and residents and their determinants in nursing homes in France, a nationwide survey. BMC Public Health 2010; 10: 159. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20338028
Study on Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Professionals in Healthcare Facilities, 2019
Survey Objectives
Estimation of vaccination coverage against influenza, measles, pertussis, and varicella among healthcare professionals in healthcare facilities for the 2018–2019 season at the national and regional levels and by occupational category (physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, midwives) at the national level
Analysis of the main determinants of non-vaccination against influenza
Study of factors likely to influence the decision to receive the influenza vaccine
Study of healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward mandatory vaccination requirements for recommended vaccines (influenza, measles, pertussis, chickenpox)
Study timeline
The survey will take place from early June through July 5, 2019.
Investigator's Guide
Questionnaires
Study on Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Staff in Long-Term Care Facilities, 2019
Survey Objectives
Estimation of influenza vaccination coverage among nursing home staff at the national and regional levels for the 2018–2019 season and by occupational category (healthcare professionals: physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and other paramedical staff; other professionals) at the national level,
Description of influenza vaccination coverage based on facility characteristics and vaccination promotion initiatives implemented in nursing homes.
Schedule
The survey will take place from April 29 to May 29. A follow-up may be conducted after this period.
Investigator's Guide
