Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00265161
The Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine Among Health Care Workers in a Hospital Setting.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 40 (planned)
- Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Days
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study will be held in the winter of 2005-2007. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in health care workers (HCW).
Detailed description
The study will be held in the winter of 2005-2006. Groups of vaccinated HCW and not vaccinated HCW will be followed for symptoms suggestive of influenza. For each event a quick through test for influenza A or B will be done and if positive will be confirmed by viral study. Data regarding days of illness, absence from work, therapy etc., will be collected. Effectiveness will be calculated as well as cost/effectiveness of vaccination.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2005-12-01
- Completion
- 2007-03-01
- First posted
- 2005-12-14
- Last updated
- 2007-06-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00265161. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.