Policy statement - Recommendation for mandatory influenza immunization of all health care personnel

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 809-815

  Bernstein, Henry H ^a   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a   Brady, Michael T ^a   Byington, Carrie L ^a   Edwards, Kathryn ^a   Fisher, Margaret C ^a   Glode, Mary P ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a   Keyserling, Harry L ^a   Kimberlin, David W ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne ^a   Orenstein, Walter A ^a   Schutze, Gordon E ^a   Willoughby, Rodney E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Children; Health care personnel; Immunization; Influenza; Mandatory; Pediatrics; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS STRAIN; CROSS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS;

EID: 77957720462     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2376     Document Type: Review

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