hrp0097p1-427 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2023

Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Influenza Vaccination Uptake Rates in Paediatric Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Shan Carey Lim Yun , Yin Loke Kah , Seng Lee Yung , Andrew Sng Anjian , Su Annette , Yang Xiuji , Li Cindy Ho Wei , Yvonne Lim Yijuan , Hui Nicholas Ng Beng

Introduction: The annual incidence of severe influenza infections reaches 5 million cases globally. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are known to suffer more severe influenza infections, with increased mortality. Despite vaccination being recommended as standard of care, vaccination uptake rates have remained low for our DM patients. We undertook a quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve influenza vaccination uptake rates in our paediatric DM clinic...