Impact of NHAP guideline implementation intervention on staff and resident vaccination rates

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a,b   Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a,b   Oman, Kathleen S ^b   Fink, Regina ^b   Ruscin, J Mark ^b   Linnebur, Sunny ^b   Fish, Doug ^b   Liebrecht, Debra ^b   Fish, Ron ^b   McNulty, Monica ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Nursing home staff vaccination; Pneumococcal vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953444341     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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