Influenza vaccination and sick leave practices and perceptions reported by health care workers in ambulatory care settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-488

  Turnberg, Wayne ^a,b   Daniell, William ^a   Duchin, Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; Influenza like illness; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; CROSS INFECTION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; VACCINATION; WASHINGTON;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EID: 77955472201     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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