Creator:

Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion (CCIAP)

Geography:

Europe > United Kingdom

Categories:

• Immunizations and Public Health

Tags:

• comparison
• immmunization
• immunisation
• influenza
• vaccination

Date:

1996

URL:

http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/2/146.full.pdf+html

Annotation:

This study was designed as a retrospective cohort study of those employees vaccinated against influenza vs. unvaccinated employees in a service company. The objective was to investigate whether vaccinating employees against influenza in an occupational setting was of any benefit. There were 2,557 persons entered in the study who were in continuous employment between 1 October 1990 and 31 March 1992 of which 23.5% (601) were vaccinated. The main outcome measure was self-reported influenza sickness lasting four or more days and reduction in sickness absence due to vaccination against influenza.