Pertussis and patient safety: Implementing Tdap vaccine recommendations in hospitals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Tan, Tina Q ^a   Gerbie, Melvin V ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; SAFETY; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICAGO; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TETANUS; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 77952309059     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36029-6     Document Type: Article

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