Mandate to protect patients from health care-associated influenza

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-467

  Pavia, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS VACCINATION;

EID: 75749107454     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650753     Document Type: Note

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