An audit of vaccination coverage among vaccination service workers in Puglia, Italy

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-416

  Tafuri, Silvia ^a   Martinelli, Domenico ^b   Caputi, Giovanni ^a   Arbore, Annamaria ^a   Lopalco, Pietro Luigi ^a   Germinario, Cinzia ^a   Prato, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 67349224642     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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