TY - JOUR
T1 - Multisociety statement on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination as a condition of employment for healthcare personnel
AU - Weber, David J.
AU - Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
AU - Babcock, Hilary M.
AU - Bryant, Kristina
AU - Drees, Marci
AU - Elshaboury, Ramy
AU - Essick, Katharine
AU - Fakih, Mohamad
AU - Henderson, David K.
AU - Javaid, Waleed
AU - Juffras, Diane
AU - Jump, Robin L.P.
AU - Lee, Francesca
AU - Malani, Anurag N.
AU - Mathew, Trini A.
AU - Murthy, Rekha K.
AU - Nace, David
AU - Oshea, Tara
AU - Pettigrew, Erica
AU - Pettis, Ann Marie
AU - Schaffzin, Joshua K.
AU - Shenoy, Erica S.
AU - Vaishampayan, Julie
AU - Wiley, Zanthia
AU - Wright, Sharon B.
AU - Yokoe, Deborah
AU - Young, Heather
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1/13
Y1 - 2022/1/13
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123807424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/ice.2021.322
DO - 10.1017/ice.2021.322
M3 - Article
C2 - 34253266
AN - SCOPUS:85123807424
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 43
SP - 3
EP - 11
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -