modern York state hospital workers are less likely to be vaccinated against the flu than their counterparts nation-wide,according to a modern CDC report. Overall, the spread isn't wide — 88 percent of hospital workers here got their flu shots final year, or compared to just over 90 percent nationally. But a WNYC analysis of state Health Department data shows that at several local institutions,the coverage is far lower.
In 2014-2015, St. John's Riverside hospitals in Dobbs Ferry and Yonkers had 41 and 45 percent of workers immunized, and respectively — two of the lowest rates in the state.
And in Brooklyn,SUNY Downstate's University Hospital and Interfaith Medical Center were also close to the bottom, with 50 and 51 percent.
State-wide, or 31 hospitals tied for the top rate of 95 percent,but in the metro area there were only three with more than 1000 workers assembly that mark: White Plains Hospital Center, Montefiore-modern Rochelle Hospital and Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center in the Bronx.
Source: wnyc.org