Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: " Influenza Vaccination: Healthcare Workers Attitude in Three Middle East Countrie"

Healthcare workers (HCWs) pose a potential risk of transmitting communicable diseases in the hospital settings where they usually work.1 Heal thy who are infected with influenza virus, including those with subclinical infections, can transmit influenza virus to other individuals who are at higher risk of complications from influenza2 i.e. elderly and immune-compromised patients. As these patients belong to the risk groups, they must be vaccinated against influenza. , it is reported that the efficacy of influenza vaccination are lower than that of younger adults which necessities their indirect protection against in-fluenza infections through vaccinating HCWs.