Ability of healthcare workers to recall previous receipt of tetanus-containing vaccination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-649

  Fontanilla, Jose Mario ^a   Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a,b   Cotter, J Gavin ^a   Talbot, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; TETANUS TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; RECALL; SELF REPORT; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 77952203706     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652771     Document Type: Article

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