Medicina Comunitária e Educação em Saúde

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Missed Opportunities for Influenza Vaccination and Its Serious Consequences

Rodríguez-García J, Brugos-Llamazares V and Fernández-Santos R

During the flu season, epidemics of this disease result in a significantly higher hospitalization and death rates. Annual vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza infection and its complications. Although it is recommended that previously unvaccinated hospitalized patients, are offered the opportunity – and, indeed, encouraged – to be vaccinated before discharge, studies show that these opportunities are often missed