An opportunity for improvement in trauma care: 8-week booster vaccination adherence among patients after trauma splenectomy

While trauma patients at our institution receive recommended immunizations after splenectomy prior to discharge, they receive boosters at a suboptimal rate and beyond the advised timeframe. We speculate that this phenomenon is widespread in the American trauma population. These data suggest a need for improved patient and provider education and coordination with primary care practitioners to ensure ideal defense against infectious complications.