Key Findings of the NHSN 2015-16 Data

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Starting in 2013, acute care hospitals report healthcare personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination summary data to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. (Starting in 2014, these reports also include data for HCP working in hospital outpatient units as part of the CMS Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program.) CDC annually publishes state-level estimates of HCP influenza (flu) vaccination based on NHSN data; vaccination data from individual hospitals are made publicly available on the CMS Hospital Compare website.

• Overall, US hospitals reported that 86.4% of their hospital-based HCP were vaccinated against flu during the 2015-16 flu season.
  • This is an increase from 84.5% reported as vaccinated against flu during the 2014-15 season.
• Among HCP working in hospitals, higher proportions of employees were reported vaccinated compared with licensed independent practitioners and adult students/trainees and volunteers.
  • Reported vaccination among hospital employees was 89.8%
  • Reported vaccination among adult students/trainees and volunteers was 86.4%
  • Reported vaccination among licensed independent practitioners was 68.6%
  • In all three HCP groups, proportion reported vaccinated was higher in 2015-16 than in 2014-15.
• Reported flu vaccination among hospital-based HCP varied widely by state for all HCP groups.
• In 2015-16, NHSN participants in 17 states reported that 90% or more of hospital-based HCP overall were vaccinated.
• States and hospitals can use these data to evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to increase HCP influenza vaccination.