APIC position paper: Improving health care worker influenza immunization rates

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 123-125

  Dash, Georgia P ^a   Fauerbach, Loretta ^b   Pfeiffer, Jeanne ^b   Soule, Barbara ^b   Bartley, Judene ^b   Barnard, Bonnie M ^b   Lundstrom, Tammy ^b   Andrus, Mary ^b  

^a APIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

EPIDEMIC; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2442446404     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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