Effect of a pharmacist-managed program of pneumococcal and influenza immunization on vaccination rates among adult inpatients

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1767-1771

  Bourdet, Sharya Vaughan ^a   Kelley, Meera ^b   Rublein, John ^c   Williams, Dennis M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ELDERLY CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; NOTE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INPATIENTS; PHARMACISTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 1542677904     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/60.17.1767     Document Type: Note

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