Prevalence and trend in the use of hospital-based standing orders programs for influenza and pneumococcal vaccination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 899-904

  Pentakota, Sri Ram ^a   Halperin, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ONLINE MONITORING; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDING ORDER PROGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NEW JERSEY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34547655960     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519208     Document Type: Article

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