New strategies to implement flu vaccination in health workers: forum theatre in a university hospital

Every year outbreaks of influenza infects approximately\r\n10% of the population leading to high morbidity and mortality,\r\nespecially in settings like health care facilities. Even when the\r\ninfluenza vaccination has been recommended for health care\r\nworkers (HCWs), in order to protect vulnerable individuals and\r\nreduce transmission, the average coverage of vaccinated HCWs\r\nof the past years has only been 28.6% in European Union (EU)\r\nand 15% in Italy, probably due to the lack of trust in vaccines,\r\npropagated by the media.