Multisociety statement on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination as a condition of employment for healthcare personnel

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: David J Weber, University of North Carolina; Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare; Hilary M Babcock, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Kristina Bryant, University of Louisville; Marci Drees, ChristianaCare; Ramy Elshaboury, Massachusetts General Hospital; Katharine Essick, University of California, Oakland; Mohamad Fakih, Ascension; David K Henderson, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda; Waleed Javaid, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Diane Juffras, University of North Carolina; Robin LP Jump, Veterans’ Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System; Francesca Lee, University of Texas Southwestern; Anurag N Malani, St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor; Trini A Mathew, Beaumont Hospital; Rekha K Murthy, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; David Nace, University of Pittsburgh; Tara O'Shea, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Erica Pettigrew, University of North Carolina; Ann Marie Pettis, University of Rochester Medicine; Joshua K Schaffzin, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Erica S Shenoy, Massachusetts General Hospital; Julie Vaishampayan, Stanislaus County Public Health; Zanthia Wiley, Emory University; Sharon B Wright, Harvard Medical School; Deborah Yokoe, University of California San Francisco; Heather Young, Denver Health Medical Center
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-01-01
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2021
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.322
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 3
• End Page: 11
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was supported in part by funds and facilities provided by the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Keywords: JANSSEN JOHNSON; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; RECOMMENDATIONS; Infectious Diseases; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; UNITED-STATES; RATES; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; SAFETY; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

This consensus statement by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), the Association for Professionals in Epidemiology and Infection Control (APIC), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) recommends that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination should be a condition of employment for all healthcare personnel in facilities in the United States. Exemptions from this policy apply to those with medical contraindications to all COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States and other exemptions as specified by federal or state law. The consensus statement also supports COVID-19 vaccination of nonemployees functioning at a healthcare facility (eg, students, contract workers, volunteers, etc).