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Recommendations on Immunization Efforts for Long-Term Care Providers

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November 29, 2018

With the flu season now upon us, a recent report by The Gerontology Society of America (GSA) National Adult Vaccination Program gives long term care providers recommendations on how to advance immunization efforts in their facilities. While acknowledging that even "the most motivated facility leaders" face obstacles at times to get staff and residents immunized, the report includes five priority actions. These areas are: increase use of mandatory staff vaccination policies, make vaccination a condition of hire, implement mandatory resident vaccination policies across all long term care settings, create financing tip sheets (for example, roster billing, best practices, algorithms, calculator of outbreak costs), and examine tools and resources for opportunities to weave immunizations into other priorities for facilities. The white paper, "Charting a Path to Increase Immunization Rates in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings," was developed with the support of Sanofi Pasteur, a part of the pharmaceutical company Sanofi.

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