Health workers asked to get flu shots in New York
In a recent edict, health care practitioners in New York, have been ordered to get vaccinations against both seasonal as well as swine flu, after reports showed that many skip their shots. Many states are expected to follow suit.
WITH AN expected spike in swine flu cases this fall and winter in the US, the country's health administration has decided to immunise the health care workers against the two types of flu, the seasonal flu and swine flu.
It has been found that almost half of health workers skip the immunisations even against the seasonal flu. This in turn raises two concerns about these doctors and nurses: Firstly, if they get sick, who will treat what could be millions of victims of the seasonal or swine flu? Secondly, these infected health practitioners would make things worse by spreading this flu to the patients.
New York, the first state to be adversely hit by swine flu, has required all health workers to get immunised against both types of flu, on an immediate basis. However, the implementation of this order has been left on the individual hospitals, health care centres, treatment facilities and home bound hospice care.
While some facilities have made the shots mandatory for all their employees, others are charting out plans. In the previous case, also there are many variations. While a few health facilities only insist on flu shots that are readily available, others would also include the swine flu vaccine, that is expected to be available from this month.
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