Abstract
Background: In Utah, all major hospital facilities have employee vaccination policies. However, the presence of health care worker vaccination policies in the Utah outpatient oncology setting was unknown. Objectives: The objectives were to identify Utah oncology outpatient employee vaccination policies and to identify what consequences, if any, were present for unvaccinated employees. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study design in which clinic managers from outpatient oncology clinics in Utah were asked, via questionnaire, to describe the clinic's employee vaccination policy and the consequences for refusing the policy. Findings: Most vaccination policies applied to employees primarily assigned to work in the back office area. Most commonly, influenza and Hepatitis B vaccines were required as part of the vaccination policy. Most managers offered free vaccinations to employees, although most managers also allowed employees to refuse to follow the vaccination policy for medical, religious, or personal reasons.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Nursing; Nursing
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Stocksdale, Sarah Louise, "Evaluation of Vaccination Policies Among Outpatient Oncology Clinics in Utah: A Pilot Study" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 5849.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5849
Date Submitted
2015-08-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd8470
Keywords
oncology, immunization, health care worker, vaccination, cancer
Language
english