NEWSWIRE
originally admitted for heart attack care is Virginia – adult obesity prevalence was 30 Health Care Personnel and Patients
16.6 percent. For heart failure patients, the percent or more. Thirty-two states, includ- Through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies
national 30-day mortality rate is 11.1 per- ing those six, had obesity prevalence of 25 from Research and Practice.”
cent, and for pneumonia patients the na- percent or more. Only one state, Colorado, The monograph is the result of the project
tional rate is 11.5 percent. had a prevalence of obesity less than 20 per- Strategies for Implementing Successful In-
The Hospital Compare website will show cent. But no state showed a significant de- fluenza Immunization Programs for Health
a hospital’s mortality or readmissions rate crease in obesity prevalence from 2007 to Care Personnel, a 10-month collaboration
is “Better than,” “No different from,” or 2008. A person is considered obese if they between The Joint Commission, the Asso-
“Worse than” the U.S. national rate. This have a BMI of 30 or above. ciation for Professionals in Infection Con-
data information includes each hospital’s The 2008 BRFSS obesity data indicate trol and Epidemiology Inc. (APIC), the Cen-
risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR), an that none of the 50 states or the District of ters for Disease Control and Prevention
estimate of the rate’s certainty (also known Columbia has achieved the Healthy (CDC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemi-
as the interval estimate), and the number of People 2010 goal of reducing obesity ology of America (SHEA), and the National
eligible cases for each hospital. prevalence to 15 percent or less. For more Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).
information visit:
www.cdc.gov/obesity/ The monograph includes information
Obesity among U.S. adults data/trends.html. about seasonal influenza and the influenza
continues to rise, 25% higher in
vaccine, barriers to successful programs and
32 states
Joint Commission offers seasonal strategies for overcoming them, and ex-
The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese flu immunization strategies
amples of successful initiatives organiza-
increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared Seasonal influenza in healthcare workers
tions have used to improve their influenza
to 25.6 percent in 2007. The data come from is a personal health threat, but also poses
vaccination rates. It also incorporates evi-
CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance a significant risk to the patients in their
dence-based guidelines and published lit-
System (BRFSS), a state-based phone survey care. In an effort to help healthcare orga-
erature to highlight practical strategies and
that collects health information from adults nizations improve the rate of healthcare
the tools submitted by healthcare organiza-
aged 18 and over. worker influenza vaccinations, The Joint
tions. Copies of the monograph are avail-
In six states – Alabama, Mississippi, Okla- Commission is releasing a monograph
able at
www.jointcommission.org, and can
homa, South Carolina, Tennessee and West “Providing a Safer Environment for
be downloaded free of charge. HPN
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