UW Health is requiring employees to get flu shots this year, as more health care organizations say mandates ensure workers and patients are protected from infection. ?It makes sense to do whatever we can to implement the one measure we know will reduce hospital-acquired influenza,? said Dr. Nasia Safdar, head of infection control for UW Hospital. SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin, which represents UW Hospital nurses and therapists, is asking UW Health to consider an exemption for personal beliefs. The policy allows medical and religious exemptions.
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