Mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers: Translating policy to practice

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-464

  Babcock, Hilary M ^a   Gemeinhart, Nancy ^b   Jones, Marilyn ^b   Claiborne Dunagan, W ^a,b   Woeltje, Keith F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INFORMATION; EGG ALLERGY; EMPLOYMENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SORE ARM; SYNCOPE;

FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASS VACCINATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75749100212     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650752     Document Type: Article

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