MDCH - Step 1: Consider the Evidence

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Step 1: Consider the Evidence

"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." -John F. Kennedy

ACTION	RESOURCE
Familiarize yourself with current immunization recommendations for health care personnel (HCP)	Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) HCP Recommendations Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Feb 24, 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) July 31, 2009 Use of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), August 21, 2009 IAC First Do No Harm
Understand the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standard for influenza vaccination	JCAHO Standard, June 13, 2006 (Applicable to critical access hospitals, hospitals, and long term care) Frequently Asked Questions on Joint Commission Requirements
Determine who is considered HCP within your facility	HHS Definition of Health Care Personnel (March 2008)