Tetanus, polio, hepatitis B…, vaccination campaigns are not always well received by the French population. A visible distrust especially in the hospital. The prospect of mandatory vaccination is sometimes poorly experienced by caregivers who hesitate or even refuse to get vaccinated.
Report on the controversy raised by the vaccination against influenza A in the hospital world. Indeed, according to a survey conducted by the ethical space of the AP-HP (Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris), a third of the nursing staff would be reluctant to the vaccine and this out of fear of side effects in the face of lack of information. However, vaccination remains a priority for a majority of doctors. The comment on illustration images alternates with interviews with Doctor Bernard ORTOLAN, general practitioner, Doctor Pierre LEVY, Confederation Syndicale Médecins de Famille, and Doctor Jean-Paul ORTIZ, President of the National Union of private hospitalization.
The influenza A vaccination campaign is launched, and the first vaccinated are logically hospital staff. Example at the Necker hospital in Paris. Commentary on factual images and interview with Professor Pierre CARLI, head of the SAMU-Hôpital Necker, about the risk of allergy to the egg contained in the vaccine, from Valérie FOUQUET, SAMU of Paris, who is not worried about the possible side effects of the vaccine, statement by Roselyne BACHELOT, Minister of Health: "We call on health professionals to vaccinate themselves to protect themselves and the most vulnerable among us", interview with Jean-François ROSSIAUD, caregiver, about his reluctance to be vaccinated, and a stretcher-bearer at the Timone hospital (Marseilles), opposed to vaccination.
A rather worrying record in terms of influenza vaccination. In fact, more and more health workers are skeptical, even downright anti-vaccine... Nurses, orderlies, doctors... They are hardly more than a third to be protected against the virus, and yet it can be dangerous for them and especially for their patients. Commentary on factual images and interview with Professor BRUN-BUISSON (Department of Medical Resuscitation-Henri-Mondor Hospital AP-HP), Dr Keyvan RAZAZI (Medical Resuscitator), Rosa CABALLERO (Physiotherapist), Jordan OHAYON (Medical Fellow) and Dr Philippe LESPRIT (infectiologist-Hôpital Henri-Mondor AP-HP).
Interview with Yves COCHELARD, of the League for the Freedom of Vaccinations, on the usefulness of vaccines. When the journalist asks him if he is against it, he answers: "I am not against it, I am for freedom."
The flu epidemic is reviving the controversy around the mandatory vaccination of caregivers. The medical world is divided: the order of doctors is favorable to vaccination, nurses propose to target sensitive places, and health authorities hesitate to impose a vaccine that does not have an optimal effectiveness. The commentary on illustration images alternates with interviews with Sylvie VAN DER WERF, director of the National Influenza Reference Centre at the Institut Pasteur, Didier BORNICHE, President of the Council of the Order of Nurses, and Christian CHIDIAC, Chairman of the High Council of Public Health.