The action in Suffolk Superior Court comes as state public health officials are leaning on hospitals to improve the influenza vaccination rate among health care workers, which varied in hospitals from 62 percent to 99 percent during the most recent flu season. Health care workers can transmit the flu to patients, whose illnesses make them especially vulnerable to complications. Brigham and Women’s, with a worker vaccination rate of 77 percent, has had little success increasing the number of employees who will accept the vaccine, despite offering free shots around the clock, said hospital spokeswoman Erin McDonough.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:23:14 +0000
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