Influenza
"Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study on the Efficacy of Influenza Immunization on Absenteeism of Health Care Workers."
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 18th, 1999
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, "Background: In healthy adults influenza immunization reduces absenteeism caused by respiratory infections, but data on its efficacy among health care workers are scarce. Objective: To determine the effect of the conventional inactivated influenza A vaccine on reducing absenteeism related to respiratory infections among pediatric health care providers. Study Design: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind study on vaccine efficacy was conducted in two pediatric hospitals during the winter season 1996 to 1997. The primary endpoint was days of work lost...
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