AMMI Canada Position Paper: 2012 Mandatory Influenza Immunization of Health Care Workers

1 Infection Prevention and Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, British Columbia; 2 Department of Medical Microbiology and Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 3Infection Prevention & Control Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Departments of Medicine, Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; 4Capital District Health Authority and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 5Infection Prevention and Control Program, North York General Hospital; 6Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto; 7Infection Control, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; 8Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec; 9Infection Prevention and Control Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ottawa Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; 10Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; 11Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario Correspondence: Dr Allison McGeer, Room 210, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5. Telephone 416-586-3118, fax 416-586-8358, e-mail amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca STATEMENT Annual influenza immunization should be required as a condition of new and ongoing employment or appointment for all workers who spend time in areas where patient care is provided and/or patients are present.1