Is Signed Consent for Influenza or Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination Required?

摘要: Each year, thousands of preventable deaths and hospitalizations result from complications influenza pneumococcal disease, mostly in elderly persons, despite the availability vaccines. Obtaining signed consent prior to administering vaccines represents an obstacle achieving Healthy People 2010 goals for vaccinating individuals against disease. Signed is neither legally mandated nor a guarantee that patient (or proxy) has given informed consent. Nonetheless, many health care providers institutions currently require before these Rather, should use Vaccine Information Sheets developed by Centers Disease Control Prevention inform patients about risks benefits associated with Requiring low-risk, high-benefit inconsistent current practice not requiring prescribing other common treatments, eg, antibiotic treatment, whose risk levels are same or higher.