Flu Vaccination in the Workplace

Featuring Mark R. Chassin, MD

Mark R. Chassin, MD, President of the Joint Commission, discusses flu vaccination in the workplace. When healthcare workers are vaccinated at high rates, transmission in hospitals is reduced, less time is taken off by health care workers and better-staffed hospitals means the ability to maintain full capacity during flu season.

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