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ArticleBMJ open quality2023

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers: an achievable quality improvement target.

Adina S Weinerman, Alexandra Chirila, Brigette Hales, Christopher Townsend, Nicholas Tomiczek, Victoria R Williams, Jerome A Leis

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Article in BMJ open quality, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Adina S WeinermanSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Adina.Weinerman@sunnybrook.ca.
Alexandra ChirilaTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Brigette HalesSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher TownsendSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nicholas TomiczekSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Victoria R WilliamsSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jerome A LeisSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a need to optimize SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rates amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) to protect staff and patients from healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations implemented vaccine mandates for HCWs. Whether or not a traditional quality improvement approach can achieve high-rates of COVID-19 vaccination is not known. Our organization undertook iterative changes that focused on the barriers to vaccine uptake. These barriers were identified through huddles, and addressed through extensive peer outreach, with a focus on access and issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion. The outreach interventions were informed by real-time data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in our organization. The vaccine rate reached 92.3% by 6 December 2021 with minimal differences in vaccine uptake by professional role, clinical department, facility or whether the staff had a patient facing role. Improving vaccine uptake should be a quality improvement target in healthcare organizations and our experience shows that high vaccine rates are achievable through concerted efforts targeting specific barriers to vaccine confidence.

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COVID-19Cross InfectionCOVID-19 VaccinesHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsQuality ImprovementSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesAttitudesCOVID-19Quality improvement

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PMID36941012
PMCPMC10030281

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